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Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: Andy M on September 23, 2009, 02:59:06 PM

Title: Daytime, non-UK, level surface & post nuclear war navigation
Post by: Andy M on September 23, 2009, 02:59:06 PM

A few of you said you were interested in the sun compass. Started a write up here:

http://sites.google.com/site/threewheelbonnienonbike/the-sun-compass

Still working on how to hold the torch  ;)

Andy

Title: Re: Daytime, non-UK, level surface & post nuclear war navigation
Post by: guest18 on September 23, 2009, 04:30:32 PM

Cool  8) Will read that properly when I'm not rushing to leave the house (yet again)  :o  ::)  :D

Title: Re: Daytime, non-UK, level surface & post nuclear war navigation
Post by: guest40 on September 24, 2009, 04:14:51 PM

Sun compass by day, stellar by night. In scouts we learnt that if you take half the distance between the hour and minute hand on the hour, then that point will mark north. EG at 10.00 am the halfway point is 11.00 so you would at least get a rudimentary heading of north. Good enough to keep you going in a general straight line, but you better hope the water hole you are looking for is the size of Lake Eyre. When it is overcast you could always use the Sylvia that you kept in the back pocket for emergenciesas being a scout/venturer/rover you would not venture out unless you were fully prepared. 

Title: Re: Daytime, non-UK, level surface & post nuclear war navigation
Post by: guest27 on September 24, 2009, 07:02:51 PM

So this lass Sylvia, she can do it by dead reckoning?

Nice lass but need to stop pointing all the time.

R