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September 10th 04, 01:35 AM
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Three leg GS to TAS calculation
Does anybody know the calculation to get TAS from the GS of three legs 90
deg apart? Thanks. Mike MU-2 
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September 10th 04, 01:47 AM
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Mike,
Check out Ed Williams' great Aviation Formulary at http://williams.best.vwh.net/avform.htm Jon "Mike Rapoport" wrote in message link.net... Does anybody know the calculation to get TAS from the GS of three legs 90 deg apart? Thanks. Mike MU-2
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September 10th 04, 01:58 AM
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With four 90 deg legs of the same length, you just average the sum.
Mike Rapoport wrote: Does anybody know the calculation to get TAS from the GS of three legs 90 deg apart? Thanks.
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September 10th 04, 02:03 AM
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"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message link.net... Does anybody know the calculation to get TAS from the GS of three legs 90 deg apart? Thanks. Mike MU-2 Not exactly, Mike, but Ed Willams has it for legs 120 deg apart. http://williams.best.vwh.net/avform.htm#3gs Stan
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September 10th 04, 02:16 AM
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Wow! Thanks. All kinds of useful stuff there.
Mike MU-2 "Jon Woellhaf" wrote in message news:sQ60d.10404$MQ5.2411@attbi_s52... Mike, Check out Ed Williams' great Aviation Formulary at http://williams.best.vwh.net/avform.htm Jon "Mike Rapoport" wrote in message link.net... Does anybody know the calculation to get TAS from the GS of three legs 90 deg apart? Thanks. Mike MU-2
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September 10th 04, 04:04 AM
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Mike Rapoport wrote:
: Does anybody know the calculation to get TAS from the GS of three legs 90 : deg apart? Thanks. : Mike : MU-2 So, how fast is the Helio? I would guess about 0.35 MU-2 units... of course I've never seen an MU-2 with floats, either... -- Aaron Coolidge
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September 10th 04, 05:43 AM
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On 9-Sep-2004, "Jon Woellhaf" wrote: Check out Ed Williams' great Aviation Formulary at http://williams.best.vwh.net/avform.htm And here are a couple mo http://www.csgnetwork.com/tasgpscalc.html http://www.reacomp.com/true_airspeed/ -- -Elliott Drucker
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#8
September 10th 04, 08:21 AM
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In article ,
Aaron Coolidge wrote: So, how fast is the Helio? I would guess about 0.35 MU-2 units... of course I've never seen an MU-2 with floats, either... They made one but it was so loud during taxi that the water cracked open and it sank. -- Ben Jackson http://www.ben.com/
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September 10th 04, 03:48 PM
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john smith wrote:
With four 90 deg legs of the same length, you just average the sum. Only if you want the wrong answer. Think about it. -- Marc J. Zeitlin http://marc.zeitlin.home.comcast.net/ http://www.cozybuilders.org/ Copyright (c) 2004
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September 10th 04, 06:05 PM
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A little better actually. On Saturday I measured 140kts at 5000' and 50F at
the recommended cruise setting. The airspeed indicator seems to read correctly at cruise but it reads at least 8kts high around 55kts. Mike MU-2 "Aaron Coolidge" wrote in message ... Mike Rapoport wrote: : Does anybody know the calculation to get TAS from the GS of three legs 90 : deg apart? Thanks. : Mike : MU-2 So, how fast is the Helio? I would guess about 0.35 MU-2 units... of course I've never seen an MU-2 with floats, either... -- Aaron Coolidge
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