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johan_d · 01-03-07, 08:58 PM

Seth and Dertien,

Maybe you know me, I was with PSS a long time, (MSFS) and always like the big birds. Yes, I like the B747-400 very much, favorite. (saw the -200 at Lelystad?) anyhow, as you might now there is also a sextand for FS9, and it works well, but not mastered it.
I fell in love with the Connie, and in the early days they used the sextand at night for example to fly to Hawai, from the US east coast.
BUT, to have any USE of a sextand, one needs to have table books. Calculations for star settings and so on. I know somewhere there is one online, but I doubt its going back to 1930'ths. A sextand mod alone doesnt help.
Then, I guess, its a bit dead reckoning you wanna do. Use the map. You can time courses, use visual clues, time courses and headings.. but how about the drift?
And is the SH3 sky correct?
I think SH3 has to many flaws to do it that way, unless you got good observations, on wind speeds and directions.
As a flightsimmer I dont have to tell you that I think.

Let me know if you made any progress, interresting subject.

01-03-07, 08:58 PM	#37
johan_d Samurai Navy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 556 Downloads: 113 Uploads: 1	Seth and Dertien, Maybe you know me, I was with PSS a long time, (MSFS) and always like the big birds. Yes, I like the B747-400 very much, favorite. (saw the -200 at Lelystad?) anyhow, as you might now there is also a sextand for FS9, and it works well, but not mastered it. I fell in love with the Connie, and in the early days they used the sextand at night for example to fly to Hawai, from the US east coast. BUT, to have any USE of a sextand, one needs to have table books. Calculations for star settings and so on. I know somewhere there is one online, but I doubt its going back to 1930'ths. A sextand mod alone doesnt help. Then, I guess, its a bit dead reckoning you wanna do. Use the map. You can time courses, use visual clues, time courses and headings.. but how about the drift? And is the SH3 sky correct? I think SH3 has to many flaws to do it that way, unless you got good observations, on wind speeds and directions. As a flightsimmer I dont have to tell you that I think. Let me know if you made any progress, interresting subject.