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Re: get out and practise


Subject: Re: get out and practise
From: Peter Fogg (ffive@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 21:17:22 EDT


Cliff Sojourner wrote:

> I have
> learned to use it and get sun sights within 5' consistently.
>

Good on ya, Cliff, but the point is: what percentage of your sights result in
your actual position falling within the 3 intersecting LOPs?

You can carry on using sun sights to give you 3 LOPs over the course of the
day, ideally with quite different azimuths. Since your DR (actual position)
doesn't change, you can plot them together on the one plotting sheet.

Let us know ..





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