Tony Pucca Posted April 2, 2011 at 04:38 PM Posted April 2, 2011 at 04:38 PM I imagine this should be a cross-post between the X-Plane site forums and VATSIM forum. Any advice appreciated. I'm trying to practice RW VFR Dead Reckoning techniques in XP, in "my" Cessna 172SP. I exclusively fly online using VATSIM for the ATC and the real-time weather conditions. My question is, exactly what can I rely on VATSIM --and XP(9) to provide in terms of the factors I would use to calculate my flight path, winds aloft, magnetic variation, etc.? I know VATSIM provides METAR-based weather for XP online, but does it include winds aloft? Is magnetic variation and comp[Mod - Happy Thoughts] deviation included? I enjoy trying to calculate wind correction angles and comp[Mod - Happy Thoughts] heading to plan my XP flights. Just want to know if these will work accurately from the RW calculations (and with using an E6B.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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