Posted on 09/25/2015 4:21:03 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
'All crosswind landings are amazing but seeing an A380 fighting against the wind was something special. In addition to that the runway was very wet and the A380 touched down a little late.'
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I only read the first of the link you sent, but it was very interesting. Swept wings require large aileron input, and small rudder input to slip, and fly-by-wire appears to not allow it. MD 83 v some FBW bird.
I love the slip. I love high approaches so I can do some extreme forward slips. Heck, it’s the closest I can get to flying a knife edge pass!
Seems to me once you get the slip going it is more like driving a car than a plane. I find the crab a bit weird flying at an angle to the center line. I guess it is just preference.
Didn’t appear to be that difficult a landing.
Look at these for comparison :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P9OAng32F0 Crosswind difficulties - winter 2013/14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shQpiTooLZ4 Crosswind Landings 2015 - Ultimate Compilation
Because the Airbus side stick commands roll rate instead of roll angle, you never slip an Airbus in a crosswind except at the last possible moment in the flare. Not only that, but a slip is a very inefficient method. Crab until flare is best.
Yes, but a sideslip can drag a wing tip or a low slung pylon engine if the cross wind gets to a high enough level.
Landing a sailplane with long wings demands a crabbed final approach.
For any non-pilots reading -
Wow.
My sentiments [from a comment to the original article with British spelling ;-)]:
Philip, London, United Kingdom, about 5 hours ago
Mail Makes SENSATIONAL Headline Over Perfectly Normal Aircraft Manoeuvre! Move along, folks - nothing to see here.
We jet jockies crab because they are swept wing airplanes.
Are they controlled or do they ‘swivel caster’?
I sometimes suspect they watch Youtube for what’s hot, than start writing?
OK. You’re right.
The side force on the wheel is identical whether it hits the runway pointing 15 deg off centerline or 0 deg off centerline.
Trigonometry doesn’t exist, and friction is a fiction.
Got it. You’re right.
Co-Pilot: Jeeze, this has to be the shortest runway in the world!
Pilot: Yeah, but look how wide it is!!!
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