Posted by Tim Kreitz on December 29, 2006, 9:32 am
David Steuber wrote:
> Hopefully it depends on your actual air speed and your pitot tube is
> clean.
And you've remembered to take its cover off during preflight. ;)
Tim Kreitz
2003 ZX7R
2000 ZX6R
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Posted by Calgary on December 28, 2006, 12:14 pm
wrote:
>FWIW, I ran into one of the local TV weathermen last night. He out
>doing a remote. I asked him, "What about these 40 knot winds we're
>supposed to get?" He said, "40 miles per hour, not knots."
>I thought, fine, but I don't think I could tell the difference between
>knots and MPH. Could you?
It's not a huge difference but if I was sailing I would want to know
if it was kts or mph.
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&
24 beer in a case
Coincidence?
I think not
Posted by Mark Olson on December 28, 2006, 12:20 pm
Calgary wrote:
> wrote:
>
>> FWIW, I ran into one of the local TV weathermen last night. He out
>> doing a remote. I asked him, "What about these 40 knot winds we're
>> supposed to get?" He said, "40 miles per hour, not knots."
>> I thought, fine, but I don't think I could tell the difference between
>> knots and MPH. Could you?
>
> It's not a huge difference but if I was sailing I would want to know
> if it was kts or mph.
It's a significant difference if you're taking off in an airplane and
want to safely hit max angle of climb, or land at the slowest safe
airspeed, without unexpectedly falling out of the sky.
--
'01 SV650S '99 EX250-F13 '98 ZG1000-A13
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Posted by Calgary on December 28, 2006, 1:01 pm
wrote:
>Calgary wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>>> FWIW, I ran into one of the local TV weathermen last night. He out
>>> doing a remote. I asked him, "What about these 40 knot winds we're
>>> supposed to get?" He said, "40 miles per hour, not knots."
>>> I thought, fine, but I don't think I could tell the difference between
>>> knots and MPH. Could you?
>>
>> It's not a huge difference but if I was sailing I would want to know
>> if it was kts or mph.
>It's a significant difference if you're taking off in an airplane and
>want to safely hit max angle of climb, or land at the slowest safe
>airspeed, without unexpectedly falling out of the sky.
Yeah, I am thinking I would like the pilot of the plane I am flying in
to have all the accurate available information at hand.
--
24 hours in a day
&
24 beer in a case
Coincidence?
I think not
Posted by Turby on December 28, 2006, 4:47 pm
On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:14:45 GMT, Calgary
>wrote:
>>FWIW, I ran into one of the local TV weathermen last night. He out
>>doing a remote. I asked him, "What about these 40 knot winds we're
>>supposed to get?" He said, "40 miles per hour, not knots."
>>I thought, fine, but I don't think I could tell the difference between
>>knots and MPH. Could you?
>It's not a huge difference but if I was sailing I would want to know
>if it was kts or mph.
Why? I mean, if the wind is approaching gale force, or strong enough
that it would force you to seek shelter, it wouldn't matter, right? If
the wind is so light you can't make headway, it wouldn't matter.
Our senses are weird. We can tell color differences fairly closely. We
are pretty accurate at differentiating sound tones. When I get in the
ocean, I can tell the water temperature to within 2 degrees. But our
sense of smell is just ballpark gross, and I can't tell how fast I'm
going within 15%, at best. And there's no way I could accurately tell
how fast the wind is blowing.
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Turby the Turbosurfer
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