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Wind instrument - Xwind info too?

Wind instrument - Xwind info too?

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svartbjorn	svartbjorn posted 3/16/2014 8:28:42 PM HOT Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 51, Visits: 358	The Wind instrument can toggle only between two info steps: Wind information (direction/speed) and HDWIND/TLWIND. It would be very useful to have a 3rd info step: XWIND (cross wind).
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Mikernav	Mikernav posted 3/18/2014 6:34:12 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 34, Visits: 129	I think a speed would be sufficient as whether it is from the left or right is pretty obvious ( or at least easy to mentally judge!). It might be more helpful to indicate which runway the crosswind component applies to. Tags Crosswind display
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Wind instrument - Xwind info too?

svartbjorn - 3/16/2014 8:28:42 PM

What .a great idea! Gets my vote!

Mikernav - 3/16/2014 10:45:25 PM

Mine Too

srayne - 3/17/2014 10:09:01 AM

It could be displayed as XWINDL/XWINDR, the first one indicataing the...

svartbjorn - 3/17/2014 11:12:59 AM

Would you need it to say which direction the wind was coming from, in...

Tim Dawson - 3/17/2014 10:44:42 AM

I think a speed would be sufficient as whether it is from the left or...

Mikernav - 3/18/2014 6:34:12 PM

[quote] Would you need it to say which direction the wind was coming...

srayne - 3/18/2014 7:23:03 PM

I think XWIND direction definitely should be included, just like...

svartbjorn - 3/19/2014 8:18:48 AM

I'm not familiar with the G1000 and can't visualise the type of...

Tim Dawson - 3/19/2014 10:39:52 AM

I have made a picture, but when I try to attach the jpg file to my...

svartbjorn - 3/19/2014 12:35:06 PM

[quote][b]Tim Dawson (19/03/2014)[/b][hr]I'm not familiar with the...

srayne - 3/19/2014 12:51:24 PM

Thank you srayne! The new combined mode HDWIND/TLWIND/X WIND that I...

svartbjorn - 3/20/2014 6:31:56 AM

What do you think of this? Would a single precisely rotated arrow be...

Tim Dawson - 3/20/2014 12:51:19 PM

[quote][b]Tim Dawson (20/03/2014)[/b][hr]What do you think of this?...

srayne - 3/20/2014 1:05:53 PM

Agree. Perfect!! The H/T letter to indicate Head/Tail and L/R for...

svartbjorn - 3/20/2014 1:24:21 PM

Good point. We definitely have room for the T/H and L/R, but we could...

Tim Dawson - 3/20/2014 5:11:57 PM

I think I would prefer without - looks cleaner & simpler.

srayne - 3/20/2014 5:23:44 PM

After looking at the two options you presented for view 2, I...

svartbjorn - 3/20/2014 8:11:48 PM

Yes, we came to a similar conclusion last night. Here's the current...

Tim Dawson - 3/21/2014 10:46:24 AM

[quote][b]Tim Dawson (21/03/2014)[/b][hr]Yes, we came to a similar...

srayne - 3/21/2014 11:32:43 AM

Excellent! Thank you!!

svartbjorn - 3/21/2014 12:19:40 PM

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