Truce it is!
.........but no tongues when kissing to make up, OK?
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Back to the original topic of 'max drift' and the 'clock factor'- this method was taught to all UK military students once they'd learned to grapple with the whizz-wheel first. It's so easy that some people think that it's somehow cheating. But it's accurate enough - and in any case, how accurate is the wind estimate?
The KISS principle works just fine in aviation - as does 'TLAR':
That Looks About Right!