Coping with wind in the hold
Good Morning Pprune.
I'm a long time reader and user of Pprune but for my first exciting post I thought I would ask for some advice on the hold.
Let's say we're talking about Cranfield's hold: axis 214. Our wind is 245/40. Inbound drift at 135 IAS is about 9 degrees. Outbound heading with a quartering wind probably about 2x single drift, giving us an outbound heading of 016. Do these figures sound about right?
My second question is about the length of the outbound leg and the effect of a tailwind (in this case). Am I calculating the tailwind component as it will be on the drift corrected heading of 016 or on the original outbound heading of 034?
Thanks,
Henry