[Xastir] Airplanes, anyone an expert?

[Jason Godfrey]

I'm not sure about a 150, but a 152 can operate slower than that. Somewhere
around 35-40 knots air speed.  (I once was able to hover over a city when
practicing slow flight in really strong winds.)

- Jason

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 1:21 PM Curt Mills <curt.we7u at gmail.com> wrote:

> Does the below make sense, switching aircraft symbols based on
> speed/altitude in the ads-b.pl script?
>
>     # Auto-switch the symbol based on speed/altitude.
>     # Symbols:
>     #   Small airplane = /'
>     #       Helicopter = /X
>     #   Large aircraft = /^
>     #         Aircraft = \^ (Not used in this script)
>     #
>     #  Cessna 150:  57 knots minimum.
>     # Twin Cessna: 215 knots maximum.
>     #  UH-1N Huey: 110 knots maximum.
>     # Landing speed Boeing 757: 126 knots.
>     #
>     # If <= 10000 feet and  1 -  56 knots: Helicopter
>     # If <= 20000 feet and 57 - 125 knots: Small aircraft
>     # If >  20000 feet                   : Large aircraft
>     # if                      > 126 knots: Large aircraft
>
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