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Microburst Wind Shear on Final Approach — 2D Cross-Section

2D vertical cross-section of an idealized microburst wind field: fly a point-mass airliner model along a glidepath, watch the quiver-plotted wind vectors reverse from headwind to downdraft to tailwind, and track the real F-factor windshear hazard index on a scrolling telemetry chart.

Aerospace Engineering & Orbital Mechanics2DAdvanced60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

This is the vertical-plane counterpart to the 3D microburst flythrough: the same idealized, continuity-consistent stagnation-flow wind field and the same real F-factor hazard index (Bowles, 1990), rendered as a quiver-plotted 2D cross-section — distance along the approach track versus altitude — with a scrolling telemetry strip chart tracking airspeed, vertical wind and F-factor through the encounter. The point-mass flight dynamics are integrated with a midpoint (RK2) stepper, and every wind vector drawn is recomputed live from the field equations, not a pre-baked texture.

⚙ Under the hood

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install