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Old 14th Sep 2005, 12:10
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Mintflavour
 
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Hi
A new one that I believe works to calc drift angle. Note it is pretty accurate for 90 knot AS, other speeds above and below this you need to use a little sensible compensation.

The Angle between track wind direction (head wind or tail wind so you cant have a greater angle than 90 degrees)

divide this by 10

Wind speed divide by 10

Then multiply the two together equals drift angle.

Example

A/C Heading 030, Wind is 060/15

Wind angle is 30 degrees from right

30/10=3 15/10=1.5

3x1.5= 4.5

Therefore a correction of 4.5 degrees to the right is required yo account for drift.

This is easy enough for training aircraft that generally cruise around 90kts.

All the Best

mint
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