SOLUTION: An airplane is headed due east with an air speed of 300mph. The wind is out of the northeast(bearing 225 degrees) at 50 mph. Find the drift angle, the ground speed, and the course

Question 902135: An airplane is headed due east with an air speed of 300mph. The wind is out of the northeast(bearing 225 degrees) at 50 mph. Find the drift angle, the ground speed, and the course of the airplane.

Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An airplane is headed due east with an air speed of 300mph. The wind is out of the northeast(bearing 225 degrees) at 50 mph. Find the drift angle, the ground speed, and the course of the airplane.
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Draw a triangle. 300 mi/hr due east is horizontal.
On the right end, draw a line 50 units long with an inside angle of 45 degrees.
The length of the 3rd side is the ground speed.
The angle on the left side is the "drift angle."
Drift angle + 90 = the course, or ground track
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