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March 15th 08, 12:49 AM
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STF question
We know flight computers are taking into account the polar, MC setting
and the current sink/lift to determine the speed to fly, but AFAIK they don't (or at least my 302 doesn't) take into account the head/ tail wind component. As such, they will often command too slow speed when flying in headwind, unless the pilots manually increases the MC setting, which is not easy to determine. This is especially critical in final glide against strong head wind. I would think it would be straight forward to incorportae head/tail wind into the STF calculation, or at least make it optional. Any thoughts why not? Ramy 
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