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Re: Looking for App where I can select miles per day.
navegator wrote: Navigation 101 Tools 1. pencil. Yes they exist 2. eraser. To delete above mistakes 3. note book or paper to preserve data 4. map(s). With scale and latitude and longitude and having a scale for miles and kilometers 5. one good compass, the ones used to draw circles on paper, preferably one with two points Place map on table with compass in hand look for the distance scale, it looks like a hair comb and has how many miles it covers sometimes it is on the bottom on one corner and or on the legend and other times it will be on the back side take compass and place one leg on the zero of the scale, open the compass so that the other leg is at the distance that you want to use if the route you are taking is fairly straight you can use a big scale, if it is in mountain terrain use a smaller distance take the compass to the starting point, place the compass on the map and carefully lift the leg at the starting point and swing it towards the route or line that represents the road you are going to travel, set the leg down and swing the other leg around until it is on top of the road line Continue doing this until you have counted the miles that you want to travel it is not very accurate, because you are not travelling in a straight line but you need to use the smallest distance to compensate for curves and switch backs when traversing in mountain terrain, it is a lot simpler in flat land and relatively straight roads. Good maps are always printed to a given scale, do not use tourist type maps that that show the attractions and have bunch of advertisements on the edges, most are not printed to scale. I hope that this info is helpful, it is basic but useful, when all else fails and you do not have power or access to the internet, you can even use your fingers as a crude compass and walk on the chart. navegator Would a sextant help ????:@490Views0likes0CommentsRe: Looking for App where I can select miles per day.
navegator wrote: If all roads were straight it would be easy, travel 200 miles and you are at X place two hundred miles from start point, roads are not straight travel on a road with a lot of switch backs and you may travel 200 miles on the odometer and only be 80 miles from where you started. Purchase good road maps and a good compass preferably one with two points, on the scale ruler measure 10 or 20 miles, and start walking the compass until you have the 200 miles then see what town or interesting area there is. That is how it is done to navigate an aircraft, ship and yes even RV's, that is how the wife and I do it and then we use Microsoft maps and trips to plan and print what we want to see and do. navegator Sorry you lost me "Navegator" is there a web site that explains in more details, preferably with pictures? :h336Views0likes0CommentsRe: Extend-a-Stay propane connections ?
Dutch_12078 wrote: jmccen58 wrote: I want to be able to park and not have to move to get propane to run MH.... Take your pick: Sturgi-Stay Stay-A-While Camco Propane Brass Port Kit Do you figure they are all made at the same plant....in China?416Views0likes0CommentsRe: Limiting steering wheel?
lanerd wrote: No disrespect intended, but where in the world did you get that from? :h In all my years of towing a toad, I've never come across that before. Ron Lol....None taken. I just remembered as a kid my dad had a car towed and the wrecker driver tied a rope on steering wheel and rolled window up on it.480Views0likes0Comments- 327Views0likes0Comments
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