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PseudoWindMFD 2015-10-11

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This add-on realistically simulate the effect of the wind on the focused ship and it works for any celestial body with an atmosphere.
PseudoWindMFD models several layers of global wind that are “perturbed” by local wind variations and wind shear.
Since the atmospheric density is correctly taken into account, the effect of the wind at low altitudes is stronger than that at high altitudes.
Since in Orbiter the ground speed is always locked to the true airspeed, there is no way to accurately simulate the wind and hence the name “Pseudo-wind”, but apart from the unrealistic fact that the ground speed is identical to the TAS (which is an Orbiter limitation), the effect of the wind on the ship simulated by this add-on is realistic.
Version history
v1.1.0 - 2015-10-12: added an on-screen indication of the ship’s velocity components; added the display of the acceleration exerted by the wind; slightly reduced the wind strength; improved the realism of the local wind and wind shear; the parameters are now increased/decreased with left and right mouse buttons instead of two MFD buttons.
 v1.0.0 - 2015-09-24: first release.
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