Wind Vector

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Wind Vector

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Yttrium	Yttrium posted 3/29/2013 2:38:51 PM Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 1, Visits: 2	Hi, I've got a question : How is the wind vector computed ? I've thought the computer needs the True Air Speed to do that (ie G1000). Is this indication reliable ? Thanks a lot. Regards
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nje	nje posted 3/30/2013 11:48:14 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 384, Visits: 4.2K	As far as I know, in flight it is taken from the latest forcast winds available either 'live' or when uploaded on the ground before flight, it isn't calculated from airspeeds. It's more of an indication that a true reading, but I could be wrong!
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efrenken	efrenken posted 3/30/2013 4:53:23 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 265, Visits: 3.5K	Yttrium, I can only imagine that the SD team uses the winds aloft from www and the TAS you've entered for your route to calculate wind vectors. Eric
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 4/4/2013 5:04:32 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8K, Visits: 9.1K	The Wind instrument displays forecast wind.
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