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Old 31st Mar 2012, 16:18
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MichaelJP59
 
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I certainly don't bother calculating it, most of the time a combination of looking at the windsock and once you are actually on final, your crab angle. I transition to wing down but always start with a crab as that gives you a good idea.

Its not exactly a precision science anyway, the measured wind will not be the same as the wind you actually experience on your way down final, its measured in a different place and a short time before you will be landing.
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