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Re: Home made artificial horizon
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2011 Oct 5, 16:12 -0400
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2011 Oct 5, 16:12 -0400
On Oct 5, 2011, at 1:45 PM, Geoffrey Kolbe wrote: > Gary, you wrote: > >> And also those just learning CN work with the concepts and the math but don't see any actual results. So being able to take sights in the backyard, even though the sight taking technique is different, allows the new guy to say, "wow, this stuff really works!" >> >> As to the idea of buying a professional grade AH for 595 Euros, for the 99.99% of us who will only be using the AH as a learning tool or for the occasional backyard fun session, it makes no sense to spend that kind of money or to put off making an inexpensive one that can serve these purposes quite well. The 0.01% of us who might actually use an AH for real navigation while crossing the Sahara Desert (Geoffrey Kolbe, you know who you are) then its price might be reasonable. > > Touch� Gary ;-) > > Geoffrey Well played all around!