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Re: Beginner with inaccurate results
From: Ken Muldrew
Date: 2005 Aug 30, 16:33 -0600
From: Ken Muldrew
Date: 2005 Aug 30, 16:33 -0600
On 30 Aug 2005 at 22:59, George Huxtable wrote: > My suspicion falls on the glass artificial horizon, and the spirit level > that was used to set it horizontal. Asbjorn is apparently using a Davis artificial horizon which is a tray for liquid with a cloche that can be covered with dark or clear glass, so I don't think that is the source of his mysterious (but apparently systematic) error. Hopefully Asbjorn will correct me if I'm mistaken about this. > At 11:24 30/08/2005, Asbjorn wrote > >I use a Davis artificial horizon with colored glass. Ken Muldrew.