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If airspeed indicators had odometers



 
 
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Old November 14th 03, 12:41 AM
Wayne
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Windy as all get out today, the plane tied down on the apron took quite
a beating. Saw the tail lift on a 170 and two 150's actually left the ground
a few times. While scrambling around trying to keep them pointed into the
wind and resecuring the wheel chocks, I noticed some pretty high airspeed
indications. 50 was the highest I saw. We all had a joke about odometers on
airspeed indicators, and how everyone that sold a plane would say, naw, that
aint the right milage, the guys that had it before me never covered the
pitot and he lived in a very windy area.

Would be kind of neat though to compare the indicated milage to the true
milage for an indication of amount of headwind or tailwind though.

Wayne


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Old November 14th 03, 02:10 AM
Peter Duniho
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"Wayne" wrote in message
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Would be kind of neat though to compare the indicated milage to the

true
milage for an indication of amount of headwind or tailwind though.


I do that all the time. Except I use true airspeed and true groundspeed to
get an instantaneous reading, rather than the average you'd get using your
method.

Pete


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Old November 14th 03, 04:42 AM
C J Campbell
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Oddly enough, the 1903 Flyer had an odometer such as you describe. It was
powered by an anemometer.


 




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