Landings and Crosswinds and Go 'Rounds, oh my
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Landings and Crosswinds and Go 'Rounds, oh my
This weekend, I came back home from a lovely trip to Madison, WI, and had a bit of a crosswind on landing. Nothing substantial, really: landing runway 22 with a 240@7-9. Normal everyday landing stuff I've never had any problems with. But this day was different.
Just as I touched down in a 3-point attitude, the tires started squealing and I'm being pushed to the left. I kept it straight, no problem, so less likely there'll be a ground loop, but the runway edge is coming up fast. I realized that I didn't have enough right aileron in, and that's why I was drifting. I decided I was going to go around, because when in doubt, get out, right? Well, I "gave it the onion" the BCA guy says, and damn it all if the engine didn't all but stall. So now I'm committed.
I kept it on the runway and got it stopped, pulled the seat cushion out of my backside, and followed the controller's direction back to the ramp. Once I got on the taxiway, he told me I could ask for turf if I wanted (just opened), but I'd have to request it. He wouldn't offer it to me without me asking. Good to know.
So the question isn't why did I slide across the runway. I know the answer to that one. I wasn't keeping it stuck down with enough aileron (that and I could probably retract the flaps sooner and fly in a little slower, perhaps, with less flaps). The real question is, why in the world did my engine give up when I floored it?
On the way back in, my wife mentioned the smell of gas was fairly high in the exhaust. I concur. Smelled pretty rich to me. Chance that the carb needs some adjustment or a cleanup? Did I flood it? Was there too much air and not enough fuel and I leaned it? Other thoughts?
Appreciate your replies,
Chris
Just as I touched down in a 3-point attitude, the tires started squealing and I'm being pushed to the left. I kept it straight, no problem, so less likely there'll be a ground loop, but the runway edge is coming up fast. I realized that I didn't have enough right aileron in, and that's why I was drifting. I decided I was going to go around, because when in doubt, get out, right? Well, I "gave it the onion" the BCA guy says, and damn it all if the engine didn't all but stall. So now I'm committed.
I kept it on the runway and got it stopped, pulled the seat cushion out of my backside, and followed the controller's direction back to the ramp. Once I got on the taxiway, he told me I could ask for turf if I wanted (just opened), but I'd have to request it. He wouldn't offer it to me without me asking. Good to know.
So the question isn't why did I slide across the runway. I know the answer to that one. I wasn't keeping it stuck down with enough aileron (that and I could probably retract the flaps sooner and fly in a little slower, perhaps, with less flaps). The real question is, why in the world did my engine give up when I floored it?
On the way back in, my wife mentioned the smell of gas was fairly high in the exhaust. I concur. Smelled pretty rich to me. Chance that the carb needs some adjustment or a cleanup? Did I flood it? Was there too much air and not enough fuel and I leaned it? Other thoughts?
Appreciate your replies,
Chris
Christopher Owens
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Was your mixture control full rich on approach? Our M5 always sputters on power increases when at any mixture setting other than full rich, and the carb was just rebuilt. The other thing to remember is to always apply power increases slowly as quick changes can do inertia damage to some engine components. Most carbureted aircraft engines will sputter on quick power applications because of the intake runner design and length.
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As far as I know it was. Illl have to be more conscious of power changes and not goose it too quickly. It didn't die where the engine quit, but it certainly wasn't interested in spinning up. By then, I had recovered and had full gription on the tires, thankfully.DeltaRomeo wrote:Was your mixture control full rich on approach? Our M5 always sputters on power increases when at any mixture setting other than full rich, and the carb was just rebuilt. The other thing to remember is to always apply power increases slowly as quick changes can do inertia damage to some engine components. Most carbureted aircraft engines will sputter on quick power applications because of the intake runner design and length.
Life is full of surprises! Thankfully, my wife wasn't phased at all. After the landing, she goes, "Hockey stop!" Love that woman!
Chris
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no flaps with cross wind
What is the aerodynamic explanation for landing with little or no flaps in a crosswind?
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Re: no flaps with cross wind
The extended flaps give more lift, and with the cross wind, the up-wind wing gets lift, while the fuselage blocks the down-wind wing from sharing the love.gregorydshanks wrote:What is the aerodynamic explanation for landing with little or no flaps in a crosswind?
I scraped a wingtip on the roll out a few weeks ago for just this reason.
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Yea, 100' or so above sea level. Throw in that our density altitude is usually below sea level...TxAgfisher wrote:Are you close to sea level up there? I should have mentioned MOG and I are in Texas and it is 105 degrees here which doesn't help.
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