--- In [email protected], Hartmut Beil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I think everyone is missing what the real danger is in crosswind
landings. When you watch the Lufthansa landing depicted on the news
and You Tube, the hairy part starts when the upwind wing comes up
just after the pilot tries to kick the crab out prior to touchdown.
The Ercoupe displays that same characteristic even when landing in a
crab because you must steer downwind after touchdown to keep the
aircraft from weathervaning further into the wind on landing rollout.
That means the right aileron goes down and the wing comes up. Don't
take my word for it, go out and make several takeoff and landings in
a real stout crosswind and see what happens.
>
> Folks.
>
> Last weekend we had a storm called Emma passing through Germany.
> It created abnormal situations even for the pilots of the big guys.
The following video shows the benefits of having practiced crabbed
cross wind landings.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O8CjKBsCEo
>
> Yes, the wing hits ground.
>
>
> Hartmut
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