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It does not appear to me that the second gyro is intended to add reliability. Watch how the gyros move in the video: the rotors rotate in opposite directions and the frames twist in opposite directions to apply force to the vehicle chassis. That is necessary so that vehicle pitch motion is not coupled into vehicle roll motion by the gyro. So if one gyro were to fail, the vehicle would rock side-to-side every time it went over a speedbump.


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