August 16th, 2003, 06:11 AM
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Re: OT: Trans-Atlantic Model Airplane
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Originally posted by Jack Simth:
Actually, you could have a computer controlling it.
The controls would take:
1) Electronic Altimeter
2) Electronic Level Monitor
3) Electronic Compass
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Actually the GPS which you mentioned for number 4 would multi-task quite well for these three also. GPS gives positional references in three dimensions and with GPS you don't need a compass.
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