Spin-a-Wind

🇺🇸 United States
Leonard Robinson  | 
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App Rating
4
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Votes
56
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App Age
16y 3m
rating
Last Update
Dec 16, 2019

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3.98
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Number of Ratings (Voted)
56
266.2K
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App Age
16y 3m
9y 2m
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Price
$3
$1
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$0
$38
Update Frequency
2190d
65d
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Title Length
11
24
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Description Length
2 158
2 572
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Number of Screenshots
450
1467
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Size
0MB
159MB

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Featured in Flying Magazine July 2012 "8 Great Aviation Apps"! Reviewed favorably on AOPA Flight Planning App Roulette 20 Nov 2012 Designed by an airline pilot, Spin-a-Wind calculates wind components, temperatures, altitudes and airspeeds. The headwind (tailwind) and crosswind components are based on the runway, and reported wind direction and speed. If the airport has parallel runways, using the runway number closest to the actual magnetic heading of the runway gives the most accurate results. The result is also displayed graphically. Crosswind and tailwind components are rounded up, while the headwind component is rounded down, making sure that all results depict the worst case. To instantly change to the opposite (reciprocal) runway, tap the runway number at the far end. Spinning reels are used to make your selections. No keyboard is necessary. Results of calculations are displayed instantly when the last reel stops. The app was designed for one handed use, and ease of operation. The second item on the tab bar links you to a page with temperature conversions. Enter the temperature in degrees Celsius, and instantly the Fahrenheit conversion is displayed, as well as the chill factor in °C and °F using the NWS Wind Chill index used by the U.S. and Canada. (note: the NWS Wind Chill index is not valid for greater than 50°F or less than 3 mph of wind. Relative Humidity and Heat Stress Index are calculated using the entered Dewpoint Temperature. The third item deals with altitudes, metric, pressure altitude and density altitude. Density altitude is diaplayed for assumed dry air, and also moist air (based upon the temp/dewpoint spread entered in the temperature page. The fourth item is the Airspeed Calculator. It uses equations for TAS, mach, and speed of sound. The equations used will be accurate even for the higher speeds of jet aircraft. The fifth item on the tab bar moves the view to the settings page. Here, you can set your display speed units (kts, mph, kph) and pressure units(inHg, hPa, mb) as well as the threshold points where the wind results turn amber (caution zone) and red (aircraft limits).}
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Captkrk
06 Mar, 2021
5
Great program! When checking the winds for TO or landing, and their are winds of any speed I always check for headwinds and especially crosswinds. I have the aircraft’s demonstrated crosswind speed set for the yellow zone and my limits set for the red zone. Very helpful safety check. Please keep updating this program for newer operating systems. I want to keep using it. Thanks for the App.
no name 5239n
28 Jul, 2020
5
Love the app use it often I wish I could move it to split screen on the new ForeFlight App 5230N If it were upgraded to work with ForeFlight split screen ie would pay for the new version.
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16 Jun, 2020
1
Can only use 10 degree increments and that is not accurate enough for my application

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Additional Information
Rating:
3.99
Voted: 56
App Store Link:
Price: 2.99 $
Website:
Email: -
Privacy Policy: -
Categories: Navigation, Utilities
Size: -
App Age: 16 years 3 months
Release Date: Sep 01, 2009
Last Update: Dec 16, 2019
Version: 2.1.3
Version history
2.1.3
Dec 16, 2019
Fixed "My Promise" issue
2.7.1
Jan 23, 2015
This app has been updated by Apple to use the latest Apple signing certificate. Updated code and design to iOS 8. Redesigned Info/settings page. Added user selection for wind direction arrow (like weather vane), or wind vector arrow (like wind sock).

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