Timeline for Why don't aircraft have DME that can automatically convert the slant range to ground range?
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| Mar 16, 2020 at 19:24 | comment | added | Bob Jarvis - Слава Україні | If you're in a plane flying at 5,000 feet and the DME indicates you're 25 miles from the station (assumed to be at sea level), your actual distance to the station is 24.98 miles. How critical is that 100 feet? | |
| Mar 16, 2020 at 18:33 | comment | added | Fattie | This simply is not mathematically possible (as well as being not KISS, and not in number domain). | |
| Mar 16, 2020 at 16:14 | vote | accept | William | ||
| Mar 15, 2020 at 21:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAviation/status/1239295440723546117 | ||
| Mar 15, 2020 at 20:57 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Mar 15, 2020 at 17:05 | comment | added | StephenS | Unless you're really close to the station, the difference isn't big enough to matter. The DME signal is very simple, and simple systems are inherently more reliable. | |
| Mar 15, 2020 at 16:21 | history | edited | user14897 |
minor: wrong [range] tag usage
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| Mar 15, 2020 at 13:39 | answer | added | Jpe61 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Mar 15, 2020 at 13:38 | history | edited | Bianfable | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
use text command in math equations
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| Mar 15, 2020 at 13:06 | answer | added | GdD | timeline score: 12 | |
| Mar 15, 2020 at 12:50 | review | First posts | |||
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| Mar 15, 2020 at 12:46 | history | asked | William | CC BY-SA 4.0 |