Roger wrote in
:

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 20:27:50 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:

Kai Rode wrote in
m:

On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:08:55 +0100, Kai Rode wrote:

What kind of aircraft?

An Aero AT-3 VLA. http://www.s2taviation.com/aero.htm

Winds 230@20 on runway 29 was a 17.5 crosswind
componant

Actually it's 15 kts crosswind component.



Actually it's a 17.320508075688772935274463415059 kt crosswind

Guess I'm going to have to retire the old "Versa Trig". I can only
get a fraction of those significant digits. But what can you expect
from bamboo.

Heh heh. I used the calculator on my laptop for that and it went on a
bit further, I think! Not very practical to use when you're sliding down
finals with a x-wind on the limit. With 60 degrees of the nose, i'd
count the entire windspeed as the componenet for several reasons, not
the least of which is the added drama when you're telling your buds in
the bar about it afterwards.


Bertie