February 26, 200620 yr RC V4.01: the actual wind is 220 degrees/5 kts, but the tower controller says "clear for takeoff, wind calm". Why?? I tried it more times, no change. James Goggi
February 26, 200620 yr I have had this occur also, though it may be due to the low wind speed? Anything below a certain knot, mabye 9 is considered calm?Ian.
February 26, 200620 yr Okay, looked online and <1 knot is considered calm but it may be the metar is somewhat old and the windspeed has gone down via dynamic weather. Ian.
February 26, 200620 yr Moderator Hi,I believe this is a world-wide standard. Anything less than 5kts is deemed to be calm.Cheers, Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
February 26, 200620 yr Author Hi Ian,I also thought that, but I listened to ATIS and it was still giving 5 knots. Also on the EHSI the wind vector showed 5 knots. James Goggi
February 26, 200620 yr Sounds reasonable. I would assume that's the variable set within RC4.Thanks.Ian.
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