Thread: Riding in the wind, a snippet from the IAM newsletter
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Old 04-03-10, 13:45
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Originally Posted by uberthumper View Post
Speed up, then the 'apparent wind' (combination of head and cross wind) is less sideways and more dominated by the headwind.

Go on, I dare you.
At 80mph the 'apparent wind' was very much a sidewind. The sort of sidewind that blows trucks off course.