Wind Correction Angle and Ground Speed Calculator
Wind Correction Angle and Ground Speed: a planned Super Calculator tool. Covers true airspeed. Stub page while the tool and its worked example are prepared.
Wind Correction Angle and Ground Speed Calculator is a planned calculator in the transport section of Super Calculator, covering navigation.
What this calculator will compute
Inputs: true airspeed, true course, wind direction and wind speed.
Formula, recorded as scope and not yet verified against a primary source: WCA = arcsin(wind speed times sin(wind angle) divided by TAS), GS from the wind triangle law of cosines.
Written for every student pilot on every cross country navigation log.
Status
This page is a stub. The calculator is not built, no figure on this page has been verified against the authority that sets it, and nothing here should be used to make a decision. The page exists so that the site structure is complete and so that articles can link this concept on first mention.
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