Sunday, August 10, 2008

Cross Wind Landings

Alright this goes against everything that every muscle in your body tells you. You are flying in on final approach basically sideways at a 35 to 45 degree angle to the runway. Right before you get to the runway, you kick in the rudder to bring the nose straight and counter the turning with the ailerons. You now have a low wing, at times, a very low wing. After getting used to the new feelings, it wasn't that big of a deal, other than the mains are now touching down one at a time instead of at the same time. The big deal was getting the rudder naturalized before the nose wheel touched down. If oyu don't the nose wheel is connected to the rudder pedals and you WILL launch towards the side of the runway. (Trust me on this one)

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