Runway heading 200.
I went for it.
I think I was the only GA plane flying out of Vista Field (S98) today.
Out here in the desert high winds are common, and life is short.
So if a guy can't fly in the wind he misses out on a lot. I use days like today to practice.
With my Trigear it wasn't so hard. I still had rudder left. My touchdowns were even pretty soft and smooth, although groundspeed was obviously quite low.
Maules can Git 'er done for sure.
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I don't know why but it really wasn't so hard.
FWIW I was at my home airport, 4,100 X 100 feet so I had the option of landing diagonally into the wind if I wanted. Also, FWIW I have 800 hours in this plane and for the most part it's the only one I fly.
There's an expression in the gun world:
"Beware the man who has only one gun. He probably knows how to shoot it".
The only extra variable was the gustiness. I had to work the throttle all the way to, and past, touchdown.
FWIW I was at my home airport, 4,100 X 100 feet so I had the option of landing diagonally into the wind if I wanted. Also, FWIW I have 800 hours in this plane and for the most part it's the only one I fly.
There's an expression in the gun world:
"Beware the man who has only one gun. He probably knows how to shoot it".
The only extra variable was the gustiness. I had to work the throttle all the way to, and past, touchdown.
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If you went diagonally into the wind then you did not have a crosswind relative to the aircraft, only relative to the runway. The wind relative to the aircraft's desired direction of travel was a headwind. The plane doesn't know which direction the runway is so it then becomes simply a mental thing. Remember this when you takeoff or land across a runway and the local FAA ball buster questions you on why you thought you had the skills to fly with a crosswind component in excess of the demonstrated. It's not a crosswind if you turn it into a headwind.Mountain Doctor wrote:I don't know why but it really wasn't so hard.
FWIW I was at my home airport, 4,100 X 100 feet so I had the option of landing diagonally into the wind if I wanted.
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If you went diagonally into the wind then you did not have a crosswind relative to the aircraft, only relative to the runway.
Yup.
I had the option of landing diagonally into the wind if I wanted.
I did not exercise this option but landed on runway heading. Landing diagonally was a safety option I could have chosen but did not need.
Yup.
I had the option of landing diagonally into the wind if I wanted.
I did not exercise this option but landed on runway heading. Landing diagonally was a safety option I could have chosen but did not need.
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