Thread: Mach vs. IAS
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Old 02-05-2016, 12:50 PM
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TankerDriver
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A decent "WAG" to figure out kts IAS from TAS is TAS - (FLXXX / 2). Ex: 450 - (FL300 / 2 = 150) = 300 IAS. Going the other way, kts TAS = (FLXXX / 2) + IAS. Ex: (FL300 / 2 = 150) + 300 = 450 kts TAS. It's pretty darn accurate unless you've got some extreme ISA deviations. .76 at FL300 is actually about 447 kts TAS and 287 kts CAS at ISA.

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