MPH to KTS

"Nathan D. Olmscheid" wrote in message
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Almost anything you can think of to convert google calculator will do
it. (anyone know muchb about rods? 1 mile is equal to 320 rods) You can
even do such things as 5+5+5+6+10/4-3 etc etc and it will figure it out
for you.


Well bugger me! It even knows about slugs.
Fancy that!

Nathan D. Olmscheid wrote:
Almost anything you can think of to convert google calculator will do
it. (anyone know muchb about rods? 1 mile is equal to 320 rods) You can
even do such things as 5+5+5+6+10/4-3 etc etc and it will figure it out
for you.

I've never really felt comfortable with knots, so I had Google convert them to
something more intuitive: "1 knot in furlongs per fortnight".

(Answer: 3093.29516)

They make much more sense now ;

See http://www.onlineconversion.com/speed_all.htm
That site has many conversions too. Now I just have to figure out how to get
online while flying. ;-)

Normally my airspeed indicator and GPS are in MPH. I do the conversion, if
necessary, on the ground while planning the flight.

"Nathan D. Olmscheid" wrote in message
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One good place to check out formulas and such is google.

Example: type in google search bar:

1 mph in knots

it will come back with 1 mph = 0.868976242 knots

BoDEAN wrote:
Whats the conversion off hand to convert?

The conversion factor is 57,875/50,292 (exactly),
or 1 kt = 1.150779448 mph (approximately).

if your airplane is in MPH and your checklist is in knots then you have
the wrong checklist for your aircraft.
Michelle

BoDEAN wrote:

Whats the conversion off hand to convert?
Our airplanes have MPH on the AS gauge, and our checklists have kts
(ie Best Glide, 65kts)





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