NavList:

   

Reply

At 19:20 20/02/2005, you wrote:

>Fred,
>thanks.
>Just looked at their web page: $940 !
>0.5' sensitivity. It really makes sense to
>make one oneself:-)
>Alex.

First off, the levels of the Freiberger artificial horizon are graduated in
30 second divisions. But you can easily adjust the "levelness" to a fifth
of this, or 6 seconds, which is the best you can hope for from most sextants.

Second off, the Freiberger artificial horizon is a really nice piece of kit
- but $940 is a rip-off price. I only paid a fraction of this for my
Freiberger artificial horizon nine years ago. Perhaps they are no longer
made and this price reflects the rarity mark up?

But third off, a wise business man once said to me, "If all it costs is
money, then it's cheap!" Even at $900, I think it would be pretty difficult
to make an instrument of equivalent standard yourself for much less -
taking into account the money to buy/make the components and the time taken
to put the thing together.

Geoffrey Kolbe


--

Internal Virus Database is out-of-date.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 07/02/2005

   

Reply