August 9, 201312 yr In all of the great takeoff videos posted by the beta testers, the wind speed and direction gets displayed on the ND during the takeoff roll at around 90 kts with all wheels still on the ground. The displayed direction at this time has both a head/tail wind component as well as a crosswind component. This remains mostly unchanged as the aircraft takes to the air. In similar real world videos, if the wind speed and direction is displayed during the takeoff roll with all wheels still on the ground, it only has a tail/head wind component. The crosswind component is only displayed once the aircraft takes to the air. In my layman's opinion, this does make sense, as on the ground, the HDG = TRK, and so the aircraft does not have all the information needed to calculate the crosswind component (it can still get the head/tail wind component though). Once it does take to the air, the HDG diverges from TRK in the presence of a crosswind component, and that component can then be calculated and displayed. Either way, it is probably inconsequential, and I only bring it up to feed PMDG's much appreciated obsession with perfection (no detail too small to be ignored). Rushad E.
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