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Old 28th Mar 2008, 15:51
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handflown
 
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The clock code is the best by far.

If you can remember the sin values above then you are a better man than most. You obviously need to work out the x wind quickly with little effort to allow you to multi-task on the other things on you mind - like flying and landing the aircraft (or possibly a go-around).
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