PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - ETP (equal time point)
View Single Post
Old 21st Sep 2007, 14:20
  #2 (permalink)  
Engineer
 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Home
Posts: 903
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Equal Time Point (ETP) = Total Ground distance *(GSr/(GSr + GSc))

Total Ground Distance = ground distance along intended route
GSr = Ground speed return
GSc = Ground speed continue

The ground speed is the average TAS plus the wind. With the wind sign convention as headwind -ve and tailwind +ve

Last edited by Engineer; 21st Sep 2007 at 14:31.
Engineer is offline