found this iPhone wind metre app http://goingapps.com/default.aspx on the weekend and tried it out - so far so good.
WOW, you've found an app that measuers the length of the wind!
Not sure how much use it will be, but have fun with it.
my mate showed me this just the other day...
has anyone actually used / uses this and gets anywhere near accurate results ?!
I can't afford an iPhone, but most trees have a good Wind Meter App.
Can't find one with a Wind Metre App though. Maybe an Apple Tree?
Have it on my phone as a curiosity... Actually calibrated it with a wind thingy. It's accurate to a few knots, but dirt on the mic affects it, as does the cover how you hold it .... So by the time you have worked out an average wind speed you could have rigged up !
But for days your not sailing it's great, always great to know its 26 knots when you gear is in the shed!
12 knots if my ears whistle.
20 knots if the gutter on my garage whistles.
25 if my front door whistles.
...actually I go more on white caps, but I admit it changes from spot to spot.
"I can't afford an iPhone, but most trees have a good Wind Meter App.
Can't find one with a Wind Metre App though. Maybe an Apple Tree?"
Yeah I spose a wet finger in the air does the same trick lol
Yeah I have the app and it works closely enough to get a close reading. I dont often use it though unless its absolutely houling and I am curious.
