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Old 7th May 2004, 11:37
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SFI145
 
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Is it not rather dangerous to pick a wind angle where the sine and cosine happen to be the same as is the case above.
In fact for headwind and tailwind calculations the cosine of the angle should be used.
The sine will give you the crosswind component.
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