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Crosswind question
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When finished placing the Xwinds you will need to drag the runways around some.
Since 03/21 is the longest runway, one option is to drag the runways so it looks like the following in the list.
08/26
xwinds
14/32
03/21
The last runway listed is always the wind deciding runway for all the base ends. Another option would be to use 08/26 as the last runway so when winds are from the east then 03 and 14 are also active. Example
03/21
xwinds
14/32
08/26
Once the 7.9 degree (or less) math is finished adding all runways it does not matter the order they are in. FS sees them all as parallel when you have 7.9 added between 03 up to 14. We do not want to automate placing the runway list so the user has the option on which runway they list last.
In some cases we reverse the base /recip of all runways if no primary type runway exist with a single ILS which takes precedence in the weight selection of runway usage. By reversing the base /recipt in some cases
21/03
26/08
32/14
the amount of xwind runways used (based on 7.9 degree from 21 to 32) can be decreased in some situations. Going oneway can be less then going the other way. If you ever reverse the runways then run the fault finder so ADE will replace the start locations and swap those also. There are other reasons you might want to reverse the base /recip so the actual default vs desired runway will be used. Base end has a higher weight value then a recip end and is awarded more points in the selection process.
If you want to close a runway end completely such as the RWY 32 then it is mandatory to reverse the base /recip and make 32 the base. This follows the rules FS uses (not in the SDK) such as RWY 23/05 at EGLL.
Since 03/21 is the longest runway, one option is to drag the runways so it looks like the following in the list.
08/26
xwinds
14/32
03/21
The last runway listed is always the wind deciding runway for all the base ends. Another option would be to use 08/26 as the last runway so when winds are from the east then 03 and 14 are also active. Example
03/21
xwinds
14/32
08/26
Once the 7.9 degree (or less) math is finished adding all runways it does not matter the order they are in. FS sees them all as parallel when you have 7.9 added between 03 up to 14. We do not want to automate placing the runway list so the user has the option on which runway they list last.
In some cases we reverse the base /recip of all runways if no primary type runway exist with a single ILS which takes precedence in the weight selection of runway usage. By reversing the base /recipt in some cases
21/03
26/08
32/14
the amount of xwind runways used (based on 7.9 degree from 21 to 32) can be decreased in some situations. Going oneway can be less then going the other way. If you ever reverse the runways then run the fault finder so ADE will replace the start locations and swap those also. There are other reasons you might want to reverse the base /recip so the actual default vs desired runway will be used. Base end has a higher weight value then a recip end and is awarded more points in the selection process.
If you want to close a runway end completely such as the RWY 32 then it is mandatory to reverse the base /recip and make 32 the base. This follows the rules FS uses (not in the SDK) such as RWY 23/05 at EGLL.
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