A running fix is the most common cel nav procedure used on any ocean voyage. The StarPilot has a convenient solution for this that incorporates its automated DR functions and sight averaging. We show solutions by computation directly and also by plotting advanced Lines of Position. This video focuses on settings, sight reduction and celestial fix. Learn to set DR parameters, select stars, enter watch time, and compute sight reductions.
This is part 2 of 2. The StarPilot apps for PC and TI calculators work in a similar manner. See [ Ссылка ].
Note that this video from 2010 uses examples from an old book of hypothetical practice problems. Now we have a better choice for practice problems: Hawaii by Sextant ( [ Ссылка ] ). These are real exercises from a real ocean voyage, and as such they offer a much more productive way to practice and master cel nav computations.
This video is presented by Luis Soltero who developed and wrote the program code for all versions of the StarPilot. The basic Starpilot interface, design, and content was developed by David Burch in collaboration with Luis to meet the navigation philosophy of the long tested methods of Starpath School of Navigation ([ Ссылка ]).
