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Re: Christmas week Quizzes
From: Mike Burkes
Date: 2020 Dec 27, 18:18 -0800
From: Mike Burkes
Date: 2020 Dec 27, 18:18 -0800
Hi good folks, as per Duttons Nautical Astronomy and other great nav classics the problems are formally called radius of action and formula t=T×GSB ÷GSO +GSB where t= time to turn, T=endurance, GSO and GSB are ground speeds out and back respectively. My numbers pretty close to you folks