ayavner Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 The more things change, the more they stay the same 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodo Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I sympathise with his frown and deep concentration dodo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 and the fact that he has this bank of computers right behind him, but his instructor insisted "just in case"... <ducks> 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAgNeToDrOp Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 correct for wind.... oh wait.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 E6b's - even in a spaceship:beg: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damkia Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Now, what is that "1 in 60 rule" to the fourth dimension???? -------- This could be a competition for the best caption..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motzartmerv Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Allow for the solar wind.... Correct for time dilation and temporal distortion.... Compute the gravitational lensing effect.... Minus 12 deg's for magnetic variation..... Carry the 2.... Answer= Get a bloody GPS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damkia Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Allow for the solar wind.... Correct for time dilation and temporal distortion.... Compute the gravitational lensing effect.... Minus 12 deg's for magnetic variation..... Carry the 2....Answer= ... 42 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphire Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 That would have been taken in the 1960's and dead reconing was the cheapest way to navigate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damkia Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 That would have been taken in the 1960's and dead reconing was the cheapest way to navigate. More likely Stardate 2250's or so... http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Stardate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 correct for wind.... oh wait.... Solar wind perhaps . . . . . ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 you know what'd be cool - a really old vintage one, like made out of brass and engraved - does that even exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howard Hughes Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I could be wrong, but I don't think Spock was the navigator so wouldn't have had any need for one of those! Now where's Chekov? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 "dammit Jim, I'm a vulcan not a navigator!" oh wait.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damkia Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 "dammit Jim, I'm a vulcan not a navigator!"oh wait.... "...I'm a not a !" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 smooth, Damkia... smooth..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Ded reckoning is still the cheapest way to navigate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Good on you Yenn, for getting the Ded. right.( Most say Dead.) I thought the best way to go was by the "beam me up Scotty" method. The thing the vulcan has is a "prayer wheel". That was what it was called. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motzartmerv Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I could be wrong, but I don't think Spock was the navigator so wouldn't have had any need for one of those! Ahhh... Todays ATPL holder, so out of touch with the common man (vulcan)...hehehe...He is clearly using the quantum formula side of the whiz wheel, not the solar wind drift side. he's probably trying to convert litres- imperial gallons-Us gallons- kilos-pounds..Obviously using starship echo...;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howard Hughes Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Ahhh... Todays ATPL holder, so out of touch with the common man (vulcan)...hehehe...He is clearly using the quantum formula side of the whiz wheel, not the solar wind drift side. he's probably trying to convert litres- imperial gallons-Us gallons- kilos-pounds..Obviously using starship echo...;) Instructors - Always trying to overcomplicate things, it's only a starship you know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motzartmerv Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Its a starship, but not as we know it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank marriott Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 echo...... Had almost forgotten about the delightful mark 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motzartmerv Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Ive been trying to forget .... Hence the drinking problem... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphire Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Good on you Yenn, for getting the Ded. right.( Most say Dead.) I thought the best way to go was by the "beam me up Scotty" method. The thing the vulcan has is a "prayer wheel". That was what it was called. Nev I have the one I bought around 1979 and it has written "Kane Dead Reckoning Computer" Though I wish they did not use the word "dead" My first navigational training had this contraption and maps laid out on my lap in the cockpit working out time and distance and eta. using a wac scale and a lot of mental computing. After that nonsense I taught myself how to navigate and all you need is the map infront of you and some simple caculating using 10 minute markers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaz3g Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 the thing the vulcan has is a "prayer wheel". That was what it was called. Nev it most certainly was... And once you had passed Nav you prayed you would still be able to remember how to use it AND fly the aeroplane. kaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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