This paper justifies the need to teach chosen designing items to students of mechanical engineering at maritime academies and items of power plant operation to students of relevant departments of technical universities

The article discussen new elements for teaching, containded in the formulation of the gyrocompass theory. Zero entry conditions at an angle of daviation form true horizon of a gyro sensor are taken into consideration. Final solutions of the differential equations are written down onlu with the help of the most generalized paramteres of gyrocompass. The new concept simplifies understanding of the basics of the gyrocompass theory and allows using broader categories for desribing its properties.