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Old 11th February 2013 | 09:14
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Natstrackalpha
 
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Question TWC

Looking for a more technically/aerodynamically sound answer guys.
Yeh, don`t land in a tailwind!

Seriously, you know when you set up Vapp etc with 1/3rd the headwind . . .etc., etc. Well, is there not a -ve factor you could put into the equation to get a -ive number? to reduce Vapp with (not a -ive number in airpseed!!)

Also, what the hoot, the bus is going to figure out that you are landing in a tail wind, especially when you have plugged in the W/V - it`ll figure it out just at it figures out the real climb winds as opposed to the met man`s prediction.

This is usually all about ground speed, airspeed rate of descent and having a long enough runway, but it is not anymore, as the bus will land (as mentioned above) and tend to land-on firmer, quicker (earlier) rather than the tendency to float as per HWComponent.

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