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Map MFD: wrong direction to base
Calculus of direction to base is wrong
Sometimes the calculation of direction to base is wrong in Map MFD.
Steps to reproduce:
Take, for example, "DG-S ready for takeoff" a default scenario in oribter 100606.
Set target to 'Gran Canaria' in Map MFD.
Map MFD shows 106.3 degrees as direction to base (Brg), but the right direction is 73.7 degrees.
I used the formulas:
cotan(r) = (tan(lf)/sen(ΔL)-tan(li)/tan(ΔL)) * cos( li ) = 0.293
Rc = atan( 1 / abs( cotan(r) ) ) = 73.7 degrees
where
Rc -> direction to base
li -> Cape Canaveral latitude
lf -> Gran Canaria latitude
ΔL -> Gran Canaria longitude minus Cape Canaveral longitude
Rc should be less than 90 degrees, because cotan(r)>0
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