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Old 4th Feb 2003, 06:10
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Approach speed remains largely unchanged. However, if you want to get into tan/sin/cos etc, try and figure out the crosswind and headwind components.

On the other hand, as a rough rule of thumb try the following:

If the wind is 30deg off rw hdg then the crosswind component is 30 minutes around the clock - ie half.

If the wind is 45 deg off head it is 45 minutes around the clock - 3/4

finally, if the wind is 60 deg off rw hdg it is 60 minutes around the clock - whole.

The maths isn't quite right but it sure is good enough for government work
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