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Forum: Tech Log

27th May 2010, 21:36

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Flying a rhumb line track

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Posted By BOAC

I quite agree with those points, OS, but I think...

I quite agree with those points, OS, but I think we have lost sight of the O Q which was to fly the initial G/C track heading and maintain it as a R/L heading? There are only a few examples where...

Forum: Tech Log

23rd May 2010, 13:13

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Flying a rhumb line track

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Posted By BOAC

- but you would still 'miss' unless you live on a...

- but you would still 'miss' unless you live on a flat earth:)

Student - now you have altered your question, I think the answer is now yes but I cannot recall the proof.

Forum: Tech Log

21st May 2010, 22:14

Replies: 24

Flying a rhumb line track

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Posted By BOAC

Fly north along a meridian (Greenwich perhaps?),...

Fly north along a meridian (Greenwich perhaps?), and tell me what heading you have when you depart the north pole on the same track? Is that a "large bearing change"?:)

Forum: Tech Log

21st May 2010, 16:44

Replies: 24

Flying a rhumb line track

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Posted By BOAC

- actually, bfisk first part right, second wrong....

- actually, bfisk first part right, second wrong. All that part of the question is telling you is that the route is NOT along the equator in which case rhumb and g circle are identical and you WOULD...

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