Friday, February 5, 2010

An airplane pilot wants to mantain a true course in the direction 250 degrees east of north with a?

ground speed of 400 mph when the is blowing directly north at 50 mph.


Find the required air speed and compass heading.An airplane pilot wants to mantain a true course in the direction 250 degrees east of north with a?
Vx = 400 * cos theta - 50


Vy = 400 * sin theta





beta = atan(vy/vx) + 180





iteration scheme start with theta = 200


next theta = theta +250 - beta until beta = 250.





4 iterations gave theta = 243.2544 degrees

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