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We all know that winds are depicted with a flag type symbol denoting
where the winds are coming *from*, with hash marks encoding the speed. My question is wrt what we see on computer displays in the cockpit. My LX7007 displays an arrow showing where the winds are going *to*, essentially displaying a "force vector". Is this the common way of depicting winds in flight software? Is there a standard for this? ~ted/2NO |
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On Dec 17, 10:25*am, Tuno wrote:
We all know that winds are depicted with a flag type symbol denoting where the winds are coming *from*, with hash marks encoding the speed. My question is wrt what we see on computer displays in the cockpit. My LX7007 displays an arrow showing where the winds are going *to*, essentially displaying a "force vector". *Is this the common way of depicting winds in flight software? Is there a standard for this? ~ted/2NO Windsock... Everyone seems to find it intuitive. Best Regards, Dave |
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On Dec 17, 8:25*am, Tuno wrote:
We all know that winds are depicted with a flag type symbol denoting where the winds are coming *from*, with hash marks encoding the speed. My question is wrt what we see on computer displays in the cockpit. My LX7007 displays an arrow showing where the winds are going *to*, essentially displaying a "force vector". *Is this the common way of depicting winds in flight software? Is there a standard for this? ~ted/2NO Ted, In WinPilot it is an arrow pointing to where the winds are going, i.e. the point is in the direction of flow. The arrow changes in size depending on the strength and the numeric values is at the end of the arrow. To me any arrow should depict the direction of the wind flow. When I scan the display I like to see where the wind flow is in relation to my glider and any terrain. |
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