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Old 5th September 2006 | 11:23
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Luc Lion
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Matthew,

TAS/8 + 3 gives better results from 0kt up to 330kt which covers the usable speed range : 60kt, 12.4° (ultra lights) - 220kt, 31.1°.
However, dividing by 8 is harder than dividing by 10.

TAS/8 + 3 actually gives an error below 3.1% in the range 90kt - 300 kt.
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