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Marcel
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« on: January 15, 2011, 09:49:10 AM »
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« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2011, 11:04:20 AM »
That's exactly why I'm sooo glad to be on the ground when I'm landing my RC airplanes!
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« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2011, 12:32:41 PM »

Crosswinds?

My buddy Dan practices take offs and landings all the time, in all acceptable conditions... he told me
about being over at some local gathering of pilots one windy day when one of them who didn't
practice the hard stuff so much showed up and crashed (not a ball of fire or anything) because of
the wind... good pilots (there's probably some on this list) know how to land in a cross wind... it
just looks scary to the rest of us...



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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2011, 01:18:55 PM »
and to think some people refer to them as "glorified bus drivers!!" Shocked Shocked
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« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2011, 02:32:58 PM »
I don't think I've ever seen a commercial airplane wheelbarrow before.
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« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2011, 03:00:37 PM »
Quote from: hubcapsc on January 15, 2011, 12:32:41 PM

Crosswinds?
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just looks scary to the rest of us...

Any landing can be scary if you don't practice and keep focused.  And as they say, don't ask me how I know this. uglystupid2  All I'll say is, "it's so simple, what can possibly go wrong?" Shocked
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« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2011, 06:46:25 PM »
Quote from: BonS on January 15, 2011, 11:04:20 AM
That's exactly why I'm sooo glad to be on the ground when I'm landing my RC airplanes!


That's exactly why I'm sooo glad to be on the ground when I'm crashing my RC airplanes!
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« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2011, 06:50:55 PM »
The high-wing 4-engined jet is a BAe-146.  To say it could be problematic would be kind.  We used to refer to it as 5 APUs hauling an electrical fault.

This is my favorite cross wind landing
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« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2011, 06:23:49 AM »
Some larger military aircraft had the ability to turn the wheels to land as the plane was turned in the direction of the crosswind.  The small planes I flew had to be crabbed into the wind with the wing down on the windward side of the plane.  Made many landings touching the windward wheel down first in the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia.  Practice is critical to becoming an old pilot.
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« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2011, 06:35:56 AM »
More proof as to why take offs and landings in a helicopter are safer.  Though I will admit, hovering in a strong cross wind or tail wind can be exciting.   Wink

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« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2011, 09:44:20 AM »
   If I were a pilot, this would be my type of landing Cheesy Cheesy

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