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Something interesting with wind direction

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I am not sure where this should go, so forgive me if there is a better place for it.

I found something interesting while testing my airport. I set the wind to 242 at 10. ATC decided to use the correct rwy for this (rwy 22.) However, when I look at the windsocks that I have around the airport, they are all backwards!!!! If you were to look at them, you would think that rwy 4 was in use. If I change the wind to say 078, the windsocks turn around, making you think rwy 22 is in use.

has anyone else noticed this? Not a huge deal..but then again....

- Greg
 
Just for clarification. The windoscks always point in teh direction from where the wind comes from. So if the wind come from 200°, the socks point to 20°. This is because you always need to take off and land with headwind ...
 
However, if you do NOT set the windsock direction when you place it to 360 or 000 then it will NOT point the correct direction in FS. Set the direction of your socks to 180 and they will point opposite of the wind. I know, I watched them do this as I never thought to look at the direction of the pole in fs until Jim mentioned it.

He told me to pt them at 180, but in fact, they WERE at 180. Thus, my problem.

- Greg
 
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