Re: Quick Crosswind Calculation

On Jan 5, 12:20 pm, Dudley Henriques <dhenriq...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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Ken S. Tucker wrote:
On Jan 5, 11:02 am, Bertie the Bunyip <S...@xxxx> wrote:
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On Jan 4, 8:41 pm, Bertie the Bunyip
<bertie_the_bun...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 4 Jan, 22:47, "Ken S. Tucker" <dynam...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jan 4, 1:33 pm, terry <tfm...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Excel and I could consistantly get within 1 degree and never
more than 2 degrees. of the whizwheel calcs. In flight if I
have to do a diversion I usually just guess and then use ded
reckoning. but I also have a simple graph which gives me the
drift angle for any wind - track combination ( of course such a
graph will only work at one TAS so I have one for 90 for the
C152 and one for 105kts for the C172 I fly. Its much easier
than rooting around with a whizwheel in flight. (and it is
easier to read with my aging eyes). Terry.
Sounds good, it's get's instinctive, if Instructor Pilots
had to pass a trigonometry course there wouldn't be
any :-).
I passed a navigator's course.
You?
Bertie
I think ground school should cover elementary
Vector additions and subtractions, it jives well
with instinct in most aspects of flying.
Vector products is something a good navigator
should know, that involves trig and my Old Boy
learned that to be a WW2 Pathfinder navigator.
Vector calculus is, of course, a must for global
ballistic trajectories. Tensor analysis is helpful
to change coordinate systems, for example the
Earth is actually an Oblate spheroid, so simple
3D spherical coordinates need minor variations.
Ken
You are an idiot.
Bertie
LOL, my IQ is 99%+ and I'm a member of MENSA,
that "qualifies" me to genius level.
More important than IQ is maturity and the best
sign of a REAL pilot is maturity.
Bertie you ain't no goddamn pilot, never will be.
Ken

Oh Ken.........I realize you are something REAL special.....but I
think
you just might be the only member of Mensa on the entire planet with
an IQ measured as a percentage instead of as an Intelligence Quotient.
:-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

I know just a little bit about Mensa myself. Since you're a member and
from Canada, I'll write a short letter to Joel Matthews up in
Winnipeg. I'm sure you're familiar with Joel and who he is.
It's a pleasure to be associated with you Mr Tucker.....a REAL
pleasure!
:-))

Oh, and BTW, I can vouch personally for the fact that ole' Bertie
knows his way around a cockpit :-))

Problem is, I've forgotten more about it than he;ll ever know and
forgetting more every day!

Bertie

Hell, you're doing great. I on the other hand can't remember what I had
for breakfast this morning :-))

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Dudley Henriques

On Jan 5, 12:53 pm, Dudley Henriques <dhenriq...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Ken S. Tucker wrote:
On Jan 5, 11:50 am, Dudley Henriques <dhenriq...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Ken S. Tucker wrote:
On Jan 4, 8:41 pm, Bertie the Bunyip <bertie_the_bun...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On 4 Jan, 22:47, "Ken S. Tucker" <dynam...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jan 4, 1:33 pm, terry <tfm...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
...
Excel and I could consistantly get within 1 degree and never more than
2 degrees. of the whizwheel calcs. In flight if I have to do a
diversion I usually just guess and then use ded reckoning. but I also
have a simple graph which gives me the drift angle for any wind -
track combination ( of course such a graph will only work at one TAS
so I have one for 90 for the C152 and one for 105kts for the C172 I
fly. Its much easier than rooting around with a whizwheel in flight.
(and it is easier to read with my aging eyes).
Terry.
Sounds good, it's get's instinctive, if Instructor Pilots
had to pass a trigonometry course there wouldn't be
any :-).
I passed a navigator's course.
You?
Bertie
I think ground school should cover elementary
Vector additions and subtractions, it jives well
with instinct in most aspects of flying.
Ken
Hey, thanks a bunch Ken! I'll call in this suggestion in to the FAA
right away. I'm sure they'll want to get busy changing the books.
:-))

Well make sure they can afford my consulting fee.
In my PPL ground school, vector additions we're
required for navigational crab offset using VFR.
Ken

Hell Ken , with your "intelligence quotient" at what was it you
said?...99%+ and being a Mensa member and all, I would have figured you
for skipping ground school and just taking the test outright.
:-))

No way man! Ground School is fantabulous!
One of the finest experiences of my life, I was
mesmerized, in fact I'd like to do GS again.
You get all sorts of neat stuff, if the instructor
will do that, (I'm an instructor/prof, who needs
improvement, to get above the boring average).

One little test on homebuilts is: Why drill a
hole in the bottom of the fuselage?

What are the flight advantagous of the Clark Y?

I really enjoyed the stimulation of eclaticism,
especially while kickin down coffee and drwing
notes.

Dudley Henriques

Ken




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