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Originally Posted by anthonyk
Tens of feet? Maybe my trig is off, but assuming we're not within tens of feet of the aircraft, you're going to have to guess the right angle within about 5 degrees (with no landmarks) to get that kind of precision. A wide range of angles just makes the whole thing worse.
Just do the math using 30 degrees and 60 degrees, and assume you can make out the tail numbers with a camera from 1/4 mile away. It puts the estimated altitude range anywhere from 660 feet to 1120 feet. Further away, or a wider angle spread, and your precision is even worse.
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I think if we really actually tried to solve the altitude and wanted to get this done, we could get it that accurate with no issues. This isn't going to happen because 1) Lee doesn't really care so any info we need is not going to be recovered 2) No one is really going to spend any time pursuing this anyway.
11-11-2011, 03:07 PM
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