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0.14% is enough to throw the number off by 1mph so it isn’t irrelevant.
by ummonk 8y ago
0.14% is enough to throw the number off by 1mph so it isn’t irrelevant.
- loco5niner 8y agolol, ok. Make that 800 MPH then.
- dogma1138 8y agoIt’s likely less than the reading error in most speedometers including those which are used for autonomous vehicles unless you are writing a guidance system for bombs or attempting to land on another planet that’s pretty negligible.
- ummonk 8y agoGiven that the ground speed was likely drawn from gps data, which should have velocity readings more accurate than 1mph (particularly for an airborne gps unit), the choice of calculation method for ground speed does make a difference.
- microcolonel 8y agoThat's less error than slopes and oblateness introduce, so I think it is acceptable.
- ummonk 8y agoThat is also an interesting question. If they’re measuring speed as if the airplane were at the surface rather than at 30,000 feet, is it speed along the WSG84 earth model?