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Re: minus index corr better than plus
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 2000 Jul 27, 20:23 EDT
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 2000 Jul 27, 20:23 EDT
Aubrey: Sorry, should have said I'd service before further use. There are 5 degree markings "off" of Zero. If it ever got more than that I'd assume it was dropped. On 27 Jul 2000, at 9:32, Aubrey O'Callaghan wrote: > Dan, > Why do you talk about getting it serviced ? > This is an adjustment that the Navigator can make to the sextant. The text > books say that one should not worry about a few minutes, to try and correct > this. Correcting out small off/on the arc erros are called "worrying the > sextant" and eventually end up with the adjusting screws becoming "loose". > In any case we calulate out the small differences. [Snip] Dan Hogan dhhogan@XXX.XXX NAV-L Web Page: http://nav.cnchost.com
