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Re: B52 Bomber Automatic Astro Compass Teardown
From: David Pike
Date: 2019 Dec 17, 06:10 -0800
From: David Pike
Date: 2019 Dec 17, 06:10 -0800
Oops! I think I forgot the photograph. Pitch and roll is taken care of by the ball joint in the mounting. Hc is set on the sextant. Azimuth is locked on the azimuth ring. At mid-time a switch is flicked to unlock azimuth and lock heading. DaveP