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On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 06:03:32 GMT, "TD" <mdtd@musica.mcgill.ca> wrote:

>All this is interesting and useful, but I have found that in the American
>Cougar I used to get my multi-ifr, about a 25-30 knot crosswind was the
>maximum I could handle and still maintain a 1 minute inbound leg. At some
>point, the crosswind just exaggerates any error too much to make rules of
>thumb useful.
>
>TD

Who cares about a 1 minute inbound leg?



>
><les_Izmore@waitforit.com> wrote in message
>news:3c519041.100239089@netnews.att.net...
>> On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 16:31:38 GMT, "Curtis Suter"
>> <suterc@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> >I'd be interested in tips or articles on holding in high winds. Last
>night
>> >I was to hold South of a VOR on the 148 radial at 15nm with winds from
>> >260@55kts.
>> >
>> >Thanks
>> >Curtis
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> For a 90 knot aircraft:
>>
>> Estimate the wind component off the wing.
>>
>> Use half its velocity as an initial estimate of the wind correction
>> angle on the inbound leg. Fine tune as necessary.
>>
>> Triple the correction angle on the outbound leg.
>>
>> for headwinds outbound, add one minute outbound for each 10 knots of
>> headwind
>>
>> For tailwinds outbound, a 30 knot tailwind = no outbound leg (just
>> keep turning).
>>
>>
>
>

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