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Joined: 07/10/2005
Location: AustraliaPosts: 34
| Posted: 06:57am 31 Oct 2005 |
Hiya Bruce, sorry about my disappearing, I limit myself to one or two days of internet use every week or so. It's so easy to get addicted to the internet, so I have to minimise my exposure. There are a couple of years of my past I would like back!
Don't worry about smart a**e comments, I got me some tuff skin .... *sniff* lol
Anyway, we need to know the angle of the ground. The only way I can think of doung this easily, is with a large homemade protractor(just a large bit of card with angles marked on it) and a spirit level.
Rest one end of the spirit level on the ground, get it set level, then set the protractor on the ground, with its origin of angle at the same point as the spirit level's contact with the ground...... ahhh... yeah.
Here's a bl**dy sketch, never was very good at explainin':
Ooooh, colour!
So anyway, hope that makes sense.
I'm starting to worry about how accurate this will be. We will only get out what we put in, so we need a fairly accurate angle.
And it assumes the mast is dead verticle.... hmmm
We'll give it a try anyway eh?.
Will try and check back tomorrow.
Simo.