HI Percy, WOW, I am surprised... I could post the entire article if the group wants....Right now, I'll post an exerpt on the X-wind landing and 707s. para from : "Ercoupe Pilots Smile a Lot", by Rick Durden, in AOPA Pilot November 1998.
http://www.aopa.org/members/files/pilot/1998/ercoupe9811.html "Touchdown on the trailing beam gear can be one of those "are we down?" affairs, for the gear travel is some 12 inches. Mr. Weick was among the first to discover the benefits of trailing-beam main gear, something the rest of the industry did not place into large scale production until the 1970s. Yes, Virginia, you will touch down in a crab in a crosswind. No, the gear does not cas-ter, the trailing beam design simply turns the airplane to point in the direction in which it is traveling, although with a bit of a sideways jerk to the occupants. Famed Boeing test pilot Tex Johnston put his pilots into Ercoupes to teach them how to land in a crab so that they would not hit the pods of the prototype 707 and 717 (KC-135) on the ground in crosswinds. The design also means that you must be prepared to fight the tendency to weathervane by turning the wheel away from the wind, contrary to everything you learned in three-control airplanes." (Bold sentence by Harry) Fly Safe - Have Fun Harry Francis --- On Tue, 3/17/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: AOPA article To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 9:52 PM Sorry, Harry. Login to AOPA required. I spend such few bucks as I have on another airplane organization. Percy
