JOKE
Why use those silly. outmoded, inaccurate degrees?
“If it needs to be complicated …..it’s worth making it really, really complicated!”
Hey, why not use an Attitude indicator and Dg marked in Mils up/down , left/right as used by the military for Land Nav, Artillery Spotting and suchwhat.
”Ok Bloggins, at rotate I will raise the nose to 180 mils! At 1000 feet I will bank 360 Mils to port to join our course of 4500 mils.”
Here's a more detailed breakdown from AI
- Mils as a unit: A mil is a milliradian, which is one-thousandth of a radian.
- Theoretical value: There are approximately 6283 mils in a full circle.
- Practical rounding: Military compasses and instruments often use 6400 mils, simplifying calculations.
- Application: Mils are used for measuring angles, especially in military applications like artillery, aiming, and navigation.
- Relationship to distance: One mil corresponds to one meter of displacement at a range of 1000 meters.
- One degree = +/- 18 mils (my edit)
JOKE OVER.