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I agree the tail at proper height is important, but as we know not all coupes have it up. So until they get it up, what do they do?? Here is what we do when the wind is in the upper limits, even with the tail up. We land letting the plane drift off center line toward downwind side of runway (using more degress of crosswind) at point of touch down. that way you have to turn the plane back toward center line after touch down. This will hold the upward wing down. Do it the oppsite (using less degress of croswind) You will have to turn more crosswind after touchdown to keep centerline and the upward wing will really go UP. I find the tendency is to do it the later and that is why the coupe gets a bad rap on crosswind landings. We had a ex Navy carrier pilot WWII have trouble landing a coupe crosswind. He held the crab coming in BUT straightened it up before touchdown. Scared th XXXX out of him.. Jim Phelps ========================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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