Originally Posted by
BluSdUp
Sidestick
Well, I need a sextant as much as anyone need a private GPS in a Boeing.
Mind you I have one.
As maritime and aviation goes you only need to correct for altitude and voila , you have an accurate position.
Very popular as sole navigation aid for the likes of Roald Amundsen Umberto Nobile et al.
Dependent on horizon indeed! And satellites, err , sun , moon or stars .
Hence some hefty debates of who did reached the Northpole by air.
We did! BTW.
Hi
BluSdUp The maritime one needs a visible horison, whereas the aviation one has a bubble of some sort and works without a horizon. Having said that, could not find one in working condition anywhere. Not that I really need it, just for fun.
As for dip correction - on the 787 you can actually use the horizon line of the HUD as reference to shoot stars - no dip correction required
