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Old 10th September 2000 | 00:32
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CaptainSquelch
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Well Doc,

Seems like you gave the simple answer already. The IRS "knows" the true vector of the airplane and the heading. From the Airdata computer it gets the true airspeed and with some simple trigonometry it finds out the wind vector.

Sq