...must be brought back in once safely and fully on the ground to prevent a gust lifting into the air.
I h...to the slowest landing speed possible, and reduces the possibility of a gust lifting us into the air again...
Recovery in rowdy air (significant gust intensity) could be delayed some what depending on orientation of trike in spiral when gust hits. Of course, any de...
Hi All, Have a look at the website and you can see the crash site.
http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/1511139/crash-landing-as-wind-gust-unsettles-aircraft/
All the best
YFT
...have a question: why did you always low high flight when it was thermals and crosswind? Its a dangerous because you cant to know when the surprise (gust or thermic) would be came...
No I don't taxi around at 30mph or so with the bar full out, or at anytime time, as a gust could flip us. I taxi with the bar at neutral or even wing down slightly into the wind.
Is your point that the norm shouldn't be to have the bar-to-tube fully at final touch-down?
...yards down the runway that you are happy with and set it down gently. This is especially true if you get hit by a cross wind gust on initial approach because gusts often happen intermitantly i...
...wn so I pushed the remainder of the 1.5" out on the ground. A gust came and popped us back in th...rust to develop, and airspeed to develop from that. Meanwhile, the gust subsided but at min controlla...
.... He had some bad decisions. After take off about 70m AGL he reduced power engine and started turning left. Then he got a unexpected wind gust and it must suprised hi...
It's often the ground handling that's the worst. If I can taxi with decent control, the cross wind component, gust factor and potential rotors are OK, then higher wi...
...er 30 years.
My headstone will read "pilot error: WEATHER RELATED". My area is mountains with fast moving weather at times, gust fronts and squalls sometimes...