On Mar 15, 3:29*am, Ramy wrote:
On Mar 14, 6:51*pm, Gary Emerson wrote:

toad wrote:
Standard STF theory says that the head/tail wind does not matter for
cruise flight. Does wind influence best speed for final glide ?

Todd Smith
3S

It's two separate issues. *Speed to fly AND altitude required. *Speed to
fly is NOT dependent on HW/TW. *HW/TW will affect Altitude required.

HW/TW also effect speed to fly to achive best glide over the ground.
The rule of thumb is to add half the wind speed to the best glide
speed.

I thought it was add half the windspeed for a headwind, but take off
half for a tailwind? Or is it had half whichever direction you're
heading?!


Dan