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Ed Burkhead wrote: - even better is to have the nose wheel high in the air when the two mains touch.With side loads on the mains but NO side loads on the nose gear (which is now tracking in line with the direction of motion) the plane turns quickly to line up with the direction of motion which OUGHT to be pretty much down the centerl This is exactly what I'm finding with my coupe, although I admit , my toughest crosswind landing in the 50 hrs since I started to fly this little beauty was only 20 gusting to 25 @ 80deg (Keeping my limit lower till I get more practiced) Keeping the nose off at touch down seems to work right in with shooting for that low landing speed! At least at this level of crosswind. Still I can see how a crosswind gust occuring while the mains are down but the nose is up or still lightly loaded could shove the tail to the down wind side causing an excusion to the upwind side as Pete describes. I do notice that the amount you have to fight the crosswind to keep the plane straight after touch down is the same as you do just before you rotate to take off. If you are doing circuits, the take off kind of gives you an idea what you are in for on the landing if you take notice. Just what I've noticed as dead ripe rooky to the coupe! Darwin ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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