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Old 12th May 2004 | 09:23
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subsidence
 
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I have a question relating to that topic!


The Problem:

The Rate of climb is the vertical component of the aircraft`s velocity and depends on the aircraft`s velocity and the climb angle,

I don`t understand why the rate of climb is independent of the wind speed.
A headwind for instance will give a steeper climb angle(relative to the ground), and a tailwind a flatter climb angle and thus it should influence the rate of climb. But obviously it doesn`t.

Can anyone clear this up, it would be much appreciated,

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