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Re: body not aligned with reflection in artificial horizon
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2007 Nov 26, 17:23 -0500
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2007 Nov 26, 17:23 -0500
David, You need to rock the sextant. Fred On Nov 23, 2007, at 3:52 PM, landlocked wrote: > > Even after adjusting my sextant as well as I can for perpendicularity > and side error, I still have the following problem when using an > artificial horizon: When I bring the body down to the horizon > (regardless of whether it's a pan of water or a mirror), the "brought- > down" body is well to the left of the body reflected in the artificial > horizon. Have I not corrected enough for perpendicularity? What > other error might this be? > > David C. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---