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Originally Posted by Chaussettes
I've watched bstanko's stuff before and they generally work as intended but I am also confused as to where the 1.852 number comes from. It seems to work with the RAOBF, but a knot is 0.52 meters, not 1.852. Where does the 1.852 number come from?
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A knot is '1 nautical mile per hour'. 1 nautical mile is defined as 1852 meters. A knot is 1852 meters per HOUR! And there are 3600 seconds in an hour. So indeed, 1 knot is 1852 meters per 3600 seconds. Or 0.5144 meters per second. So it takes 194.4 seconds for a 1 knot target to move 100m units on the map. (that is where the 3m15s approximation comes from) Or the factor 1.944 (=3600/1852) to convert between meters per second to knots. What got into Bstanko to think it that it should be 1.852 is anyone's guess. He's taking an inappropriate shortcut in his reasoning it seems. Stosstrupp and I have done our utmost best to convince him in the comments of that video.