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What is better 5 times 3 or 3 times 5 sights?
From: Herman Dekker
Date: 2022 Oct 10, 00:32 -0700
From: Herman Dekker
Date: 2022 Oct 10, 00:32 -0700
Franks last comment about the Fairchild Maxson LOP Computer.
Computation is cheap so we can detect errors and anomalies by taking more sights.
Did me think What is better 5 times 3 or 3 times 5 sights?
When I tried to solve a problem from: 100 problems in celestial navigation and had to draw
6 position lines I was overwelmd and had no idea what fix to choose.
Therefore I normally stop when I have 3 (average of 5) sights.
So max. 3 positionlines that is understandable for me.
Or gives 5 sights (Average of 3) a more reliable fix?
For me it gives only more confusion.
Is there any logical ot mathematical appoach for this?
regards
hermanD
