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Feet Per Minute Conversion Question
I think in Feet Per Minute... I must be from a different country.
How do you convert Kts per Sec / Meters per sec / Kilometers etc... to Feet per minute Thanks |
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feet per sec X 0.508 = meters per sec
This from the 1987 SSA MEMBERSHIP HANDBOOK. Haven't seen an updated book in 20 years. It has lots of useful information, like this in it. JJ Sinclair |
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Looks like they made the mistake of assuming that a nautical mile was 6000
feet when it's actually 6080 ft "JJ Sinclair" wrote in message ... feet per sec X 0.508 = meters per sec This from the 1987 SSA MEMBERSHIP HANDBOOK. Haven't seen an updated book in 20 years. It has lots of useful information, like this in it. JJ Sinclair |
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300 fpm = 3 knots
500 fpm = 5 knots etc., etc., etc. Mike Yankee (Address is munged to thwart spammers. To reply, delete everything after "com".) |
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1 Knot = 1 NM/Hr = 6080ft/Hr * 1Hr/60min = 101.3 Ft/min
For practical variometer purposes, equate 1 knot to 100 ft/min Dave Ellis "Steve B" wrote in message om... I think in Feet Per Minute... I must be from a different country. How do you convert Kts per Sec / Meters per sec / Kilometers etc... to Feet per minute Thanks |
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1Knt equals approx 100feet per min..
BT "Steve B" wrote in message om... I think in Feet Per Minute... I must be from a different country. How do you convert Kts per Sec / Meters per sec / Kilometers etc... to Feet per minute Thanks |
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On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 23:09:17 +0100, "Pete S"
wrote: Looks like they made the mistake of assuming that a nautical mile was 6000 feet when it's actually 6080 ft It's actually 6076.115 feet, but 1 knot=100 fpm is entirely precise enough for glide computation purposes. rj |
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For practical purposes in flight, 1 meter/Sec = 2 knots = 200 ft/Min
100 knots is about 185 Km/Hr Not exactly but close enough for mental arithmetic. -- Hartley Falbaum "Steve B" wrote in message om... I think in Feet Per Minute... I must be from a different country. How do you convert Kts per Sec / Meters per sec / Kilometers etc... to Feet per minute Thanks |
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When they standardized on the metric system, it's interesting
that they did not decimalize time. "They" (the revolutionary French in the late 18th C) did, including days and months (which aren't arbitrary but relate to astronomical events). But it wasn't popular or accurate and usage reverted to the old units after a few years. |
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