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To: central_va

Depends on how much rudder authority they have at their disposal whether or not they even have the option to slip it straight in.

The landing gear is built to take a bit of side load like that, and aircraft with low-hanging engines don’t have the slip option anyway. Most every “radical crosswind landing” video I’ve watched features commercial aircraft crabbing them in.

I was taught to crab it down to the runway, then kick it out, flare, land. I was shown the slip method, but to me it was more difficult.


27 posted on 11/09/2014 6:54:14 AM PST by Big Giant Head
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To: Big Giant Head

Narita.

Always had my gut up on those...seeing the runway at a 45Degree angle is interesting...


28 posted on 11/09/2014 6:58:48 AM PST by GRRRRR (He'll NEVER be my President, FUBO! Treason is the Reason! Impeach the Kenyan)
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To: Big Giant Head
I was taught to crab it down to the runway, then kick it out, flare, land.

Same here.

34 posted on 11/09/2014 7:14:35 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
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