Knowing when you are overflying something

"Erik" wrote in message
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C J Campbell wrote:

Not that I have done this or given it much thought. :-)
Okay, I was a navigator/bombardier on C-130 Hercules planes, and had one
of the most consistently accurate drop records in our wing. But aside
from that....

So, bottom line, the only reason you need to know you are over an exact
point is indeed if you are going to drop something (or photograph
something straight down) and the way you tell you are there is to line up
on two objects in front -- so that they are line with each other --
and two objects in line with each other to the side. Roads work well. So
do utility lines, fences, buildings, and rows of crops or trees. Man
likes straight lines, and that makes it easier for other men to drop
things on him.

Hmmm. So my golf ball accuracy can become far better. So basically,
make crosshairs with landmarks, then calculate forward travel and
wind. Check.

My neighbor's car is in real trouble now.


Just stick with CJ, he'll have you dropping par in no time.

Maxwell wrote:

Well hell, that's certainly no surprize, but it was a complete answer
to you question. If you don't like it, take it over to
rec.aviation.student where it belonged in the first place. Cuz you
will never be a pilot either, and until you do, you won't even be a
student.

R.A.Student is the last place in the world we want Anthony to post. Please
don't suggest that again.

"Erik" wrote in message
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If I really need to know if I'm directly over something, I take into
account the wind and my velocity and start dropping golf balls and watch
where they land. Of course, by the time they hit the ground, I've probably
moved a couple hundred feet or so which then requires more golf balls.
It's a never-ending battle.


Bowling balls work better:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Uai1JCbLXa0
(about 2:30 into the video)

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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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How do you know when you are exactly overflying a specific spot on the
ground?
It's it just a matter of knowing your particular aircraft, or are there
tricks
that can help to determine this? I know you can look off the tip of your
wing
to see if you're abeam something (such as a runway), but how can you tell
when
you're right over something? I presume there's no way to look straight
down
from most aircraft, and it seems like the view over the nose is often
several
miles away.



Hey stupid, why do you cross post everything? Are you so half whitted you
don't even know where to ask you silly assed questions?

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message
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Maxwell wrote:

Well hell, that's certainly no surprize, but it was a complete answer
to you question. If you don't like it, take it over to
rec.aviation.student where it belonged in the first place. Cuz you
will never be a pilot either, and until you do, you won't even be a
student.

R.A.Student is the last place in the world we want Anthony to post. Please
don't suggest that again.

I can understand your feelings, and just noticed the whole thread is cross
posted any way.

It would be a lot better question for the sim groups.

"Erik" wrote in message
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Hmmm. So my golf ball accuracy can become far better. So basically,
make crosshairs with landmarks, then calculate forward travel and
wind. Check.

My neighbor's car is in real trouble now.


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Geoff
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remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail
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On 2007-04-18 14:02:31 -0700, Erik said:

C J Campbell wrote:

Not that I have done this or given it much thought. :-)
Okay, I was a navigator/bombardier on C-130 Hercules planes, and had
one of the most consistently accurate drop records in our wing. But
aside from that....

So, bottom line, the only reason you need to know you are over an exact
point is indeed if you are going to drop something (or photograph
something straight down) and the way you tell you are there is to line
up on two objects in front -- so that they are line with each other --
and two objects in line with each other to the side. Roads work well.
So do utility lines, fences, buildings, and rows of crops or trees. Man
likes straight lines, and that makes it easier for other men to drop
things on him.

Hmmm. So my golf ball accuracy can become far better. So basically,
make crosshairs with landmarks, then calculate forward travel and
wind. Check.

My neighbor's car is in real trouble now.

Grasshopper, the acme of skill is not in hitting your neighbor's car
with a golf ball. The acme of skill is hitting the sunroof of your
neighbor's car with the golf ball.

Of course, when we lived in McCormick Woods, we had golf balls in our
driveway all the time. So we would not have noticed one dropped from an
airplane. A tomato, however...
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

Mxsmanic wrote:

How do you know when you are exactly overflying a specific spot on the
ground?

an instructor of mine in the past who was amused that I couldn't find a
spot that was directly under the aircraft, took the control and we went
interted. The spot was then clearly visible (despite all the accumulated
junk long forgotten on the floor/under the seats that was now
accumulating on the canopy). He did however made it clear that this was
not the standard procedure expected of the students; planing ahead of
time and looking for the spot before getting there was the preferred MO.

--Sylvain

Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:
Bowling balls work better:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Uai1JCbLXa0
(about 2:30 into the video)

THAT is cool.

On 2007-04-18 14:17:11 -0700, "Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at
wow way d0t com said:

"Erik" wrote in message
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If I really need to know if I'm directly over something, I take into
account the wind and my velocity and start dropping golf balls and watch
where they land. Of course, by the time they hit the ground, I've probably
moved a couple hundred feet or so which then requires more golf balls.
It's a never-ending battle.


Bowling balls work better:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Uai1JCbLXa0
(about 2:30 into the video)

Car bowling is even better. Maybe that is what we need for Anthony --
find him a car bowling add-on to MSFS. He might have so much fun with
it that he would stop posting here...
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor