tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53907215593389107742012-02-02T04:56:07.793-08:00Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09180050514036919652noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390721559338910774.post-68209343623670521362012-01-28T10:12:00.000-08:002012-01-28T10:13:52.448-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">If the system knows your TAS and altitude, it will work to grab the current winds-aloft and provide you wind-corrected headings for the desired course.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">There are a few ways you can bypass the wind calcs and just get the courses:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">- don't input TAS and/or altitude in the Maps search (I assume you are on an iPad)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">- if it is still showing corrected headings, then:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;&nbsp;- make sure your "default/checked" aircraft in the More-&gt;Aircraft view doesn't have a default altitude</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;&nbsp;- or input 75000 as part of your Maps search, as that altitude will be too high to do the calcs</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Source:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">-Jason Miller</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Co-founder</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">ForeFlight LLC</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Intelligent Apps for Pilots(tm)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.foreflight.com/">www.foreflight.com</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5390721559338910774-6820934362367052136?l=newpilotwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09180050514036919652noreply@blogger.com0