Update on Blue Streak Rocket crash site post 17792

Willem got this info from the latest Toyota Landcrusier Club Magazine hope it is of help.

Lat S 24 deg 08.3'. Lon E 136 deg 56.8' (WGS84)

They state that they found quite a few pieces but had to hunt for them.

Assume they found lots of small bits.

They also speak about 45 km's of cross country driving and they installed a star picket with a plaque to mark the spot.

Willem,
I think 2 minutes is 2 nautical miles. No doubt a Navigator will correct me.

Willem,

I reckon thats close enough, 2 minutes is 2 nautical miles to my knowledge, but actual distance on the ground is a difficult thing as its a different distance at different lattitudes. Wazza is the man, left him a note to sort out this dilemma hahahahah. by the way, Imogen's sad she only got to see Willem once at Robe, so next time you're around where we are you bettermake more time available hahahahah j/k

Willem,

here goes......I could be horribly wrong.....but hell, it won't be the first time. This is from memory, and as you know, I have killed a few of those little grey cells.

I understand that one degree 60 nautical miles which = approx 70 miles. Therefore, as there are 60 minutes in a degree, then one minute = 1.16 mile. Therefore two minutes = 2.33 miles = 3.73 Km.

hope this clarifies things....after reading the other responses, I recall they mention 4 km, which is pretty bloody close on the ground to 3.7 theoretical km.

Cheers,

Rick

Yeesss...just checked a reference.
One nautucal mile is one sixteith of a degree (i.e. a minute) measured at the equator, which = about 2025 yards.
Now i'm getting rusty. If there are 1760 yards to a mile, a nautical mile =1.15
'land' miles. So two minutes = 2 x nautical miles = 2 x 2025 yards = 2.3 miles = 1.6 x 2.3 km = 3.68km.

Rough enough! I tend to use my eyes for the last few hundred metres of navigation.

I believe this is why they invented GPS and put a "go to" button on the thing.

Duncs

B L O O D Y Hell Willem

Just had to get the HEMA paper out and have a look.

It's in the middle of nowhere man. What were you doing way out there.

However it did give me an idea for a future trip.

Birdsville, Poepels, French line to Coulson intersection. Turn North and follow the Coulson to Alice Springs.

Anyone done that lately.

As a Navigation Data QC, I can tell you 1 minute = 1.852km

2 minutes = 3.704km (rough enough)

3.73 or 3.6 or 3.74 or rough enough..... if you were trying to get to the moon you'd miss it miles er kilometres with those figures...its not good enough!!!

I am absolutely lost!! Can somebody please help me understand why the world is not cylindrical if the earlier maths is to be accepted?? Surely these distances must vary per degree/second/minute as one moves from the equator to the poles??

By the time you get down to the poles the distance between longitude lines disappears to zero. You can do a "round the word trip" by walking around an actual pole! (if your feet are not frozen to the ground!!!)

Latitude lines are of course more constant in distance.

Muddy