Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #59505
From: Bob Rickard <r.rickard@rcginc-us.com>
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Subject: Re: [LML] finding the right altitude in a 4P
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:48:33 -0400
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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, <bronnenmeier@GROBSYSTEMS.COM> <bronnenmeier@GROBSYSTEMS.COM> wrote:

Dear subscribers,

One question bothers me for a while now and maybe someone can give me an
answer on it.

How do I find the right altitude with a head wind?

Usually winds get stronger when you go higher - at the same time the
plane goes faster when you go higher.

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).

How do you find your altitude without messing around for too long?

Thanks

Ralf
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Bob Rickard
President, Rickard Consulting Group, Inc.

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