X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:48:33 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [205.186.160.203] (HELO server.rmcginc.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTPS id 5102664 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:44:47 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.186.160.203; envelope-from=r.rickard@rcginc-us.com Received: (qmail 7210 invoked from network); 24 Aug 2011 12:44:12 -0700 Received: from 24-107-105-58.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com (HELO ?192.168.1.3?) (24.107.105.58) by rmcomserver.com with SMTP; 24 Aug 2011 12:44:11 -0700 From: Bob Rickard Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1244.3) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_E18808B8-5A7F-46B8-BAB7-832AC79F037B" Subject: Re: [LML] finding the right altitude in a 4P X-Original-Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:44:11 -0500 In-Reply-To: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: X-Original-Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1244.3) --Apple-Mail=_E18808B8-5A7F-46B8-BAB7-832AC79F037B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I use fltplan.com! Enter the climb/cruise data from your own aircraft = on the website, and let it calculate all altitudes for you using the = latest flight level winds! I also manually check the flight level winds = charts to see if there are some variations that would allow a better = groundspeed without going direct, and change my flight plan accordingly = - but in 95% of the cases the wind data and corresponding Fltplan.com = calculations are spot on! I travel 1100nm+ nonstop all of the time and this has been invaluable. = No substitute for the latest information~ Bob Rickard On Aug 24, 2011, at 1:36 PM, = wrote: > Dear subscribers, >=20 > One question bothers me for a while now and maybe someone can give me = an > answer on it. >=20 > How do I find the right altitude with a head wind? >=20 > Usually winds get stronger when you go higher - at the same time the > plane goes faster when you go higher.=20 >=20 > If I think long enough I probably could come up with a solution > calculating headwind components at different altitudes and comparing = it > with the 3 kts speed increase per 100ft (Craig Berland's number). >=20 > How do you find your altitude without messing around for too long? >=20 > Thanks >=20 > Ralf > -- > For archives and unsub = http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html Bob Rickard President, Rickard Consulting Group, Inc. r.rickard@rcginc-us.com --Apple-Mail=_E18808B8-5A7F-46B8-BAB7-832AC79F037B Content-Type: multipart/related; type="text/html"; boundary="Apple-Mail=_2FAA9E89-63B9-4887-A816-921F820B58B1" --Apple-Mail=_2FAA9E89-63B9-4887-A816-921F820B58B1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 I use = fltplan.com!  Enter the = climb/cruise data from your own aircraft on the website, and let it = calculate all altitudes for you using the latest flight level winds! =  I also manually check the flight level winds charts to see if = there are some variations that would allow a better groundspeed without = going direct, and change my flight plan accordingly - but in 95% of the = cases the wind data and corresponding Fltplan.com calculations are spot = on!

I travel 1100nm+ nonstop all of the time and this = has been invaluable.  No substitute for the latest = information~

Bob = Rickard


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