Quote Originally Posted by CocaColaKid View Post
An accelerometer will just measure the time is takes to go from one speed to another speed, not the distance. It has no way of knowing how far it has traveled unless it is constantly accelerating and decelerating.
Hi, KKKid

Not really true ...

if you integrate accel*time, starting from zero ... you will be stopped for integrated result = 0 ...

But, as in real life, there are always calc. roundings and little sensor errors ... you never get a true detection.

The Proof : Model planes Heading Lock Gyros ... Yess !!! The Heading is good ( or considered good ) for a Zero integration sum ...

Alain