A couple of interesting gagues
Ran across a couple of gauges on AVSIm that sparked my interest.
You can get a good handle on what the wind is doing and correct you track to compensate.
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FS2004 KillDrift Gauge v1. The video screen on this gauge graphically displays the effect of wind on the track of an aircraft. This allows the pilot to eliminate drift error. Wind speed and wind direction are also shown. Two separate course headings can be stored into this gauge. Included is an icon gauge for installing KillDrift into separate window. It can also be installed on a panel. The gauge can be helpful for hovering/landing helicopters because of its 360-degree display capability. By Glenn Copeland
Filename: kildrft1.zip
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FS2004 TWiD gauge (Track,Wind,Drift) versions 1 (corporate) and 2 (commercial/military). Both have five analog displays that show heading, course, track, drift, wind direction, and wind speed information. By keeping the Track cursor aligned with the Course cursor while flying, the course-diviating effect of wind drift will be eliminated. Also helpful for hovering/landing helicopters because of the 360-degree track presentation. By Glenn Copeland
Filename: twidgau.zip
one more I found after check out all Glenn has on AVSIM
FS2004 Tri-speed gauges. Two analog instruments (TSG150 and TSG220) that display airspeed, ground speed, and taxi speed. The TSG150 gauge shows indicated airspeeds to 150 kts, ground speeds to 180 kts, and taxi speeds to 20 kts. The TSG220 gauge shows indicated airspeeds to 220 kts, groundspeeds to 280 kts, and taxi speeds to 20 kts. Both contain an adjustable speed bug. By Glenn Copeland
Filename: trispeed.zip
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I guess I'm a little to old fashioned to use those. For the GA aircraft I fly that would seem out of place.
What we used to do is primitive, but it worked. We would pick out an object on the ground and circle it. We would see which way the plane drifted off of the object and how fast. You could get a good idea of both wind direction and speed doing that.
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