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Old 11-06-2007, 01:47 AM
PairTheBoard PairTheBoard is offline
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Default Re: aerodynamics question

I would think the airspeed would measure the speed along the hypotenus of the right triangle. The horizontal would be the ground speed. So you would want the

arcsin(674/7896)

assuming the knots were converted correctly.

Which would give a steeper angle.

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