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Old 8th February 2008 | 11:35
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PompeyPaul
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Crosswind component

I was told that if you take the difference between wind & runway, and imagine it on a watch face, then it will tell you how much of the wind is crosswind, i.e.

runway 20
Wind 230\10

230-200 = 30
30mins on the watch face is half, so that's 10* 1/2 = 5kts crosswind

Let's say,

runway 18
Wind 195\05

195-180 = 15
15mins on the watch face is a quarter, so that's just over 1 kt crosswind.

Although, the floor in this, as far as I can see, is for significant crosswind. I.e.

runway 09
Wind 180/10

180-090 = 90 degrees (therefore 100% crosswind)

But you can't put 90 degrees on the watch face. I guess you work on the assumption > 60 degrees is 100% crosswind
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