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Old 03-26-08, 09:49 AM   #4
joegrundman
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Originally Posted by dertien

If we were able to convert this available HORIZONTAL motion reading to a VERTICAL motion reading and 'attach' this reading to the new disk and make it rotate accordingly in the observation scope we would have a working sextant close to the one in RL.

Doable ?
This bit is not doable, I'm afraid. You also cannot use the stadimeter to get an angle reading as the stadimeter only works when there is a ship in the crosshair.
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