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Demo of our X wind approach technique (not to be attempted without proper instruction), flown during a typical day of many and varied aircraft movements.
Many Australia wide.
Demo of our X wind approach technique (not to be attempted without proper instruction), flown during a typical day of many and varied aircraft movements.
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Hi Hedge,
that certainly looks a better crosswind technique than I have, it seems to take out the jerk when the carriage straightens to the direction of travel. It would be much easier on the airframe as well I think. My only concern would be that you would not be where other aircraft expect you to be in the circuit. Not a problem at Bruthen international though ;-). I look forward to getting some instruction in the future.
Regards Bill
Well that explains that X-Wind pic better. It's a continuous arc from crab on the lee side of the runway turning to inline with the runway and touchdown happening at point where you are parallel to the runway. Keeps the lee tire down to help yaw the trike. Cool. (At least I think that's what it's showing, but I was wishing the windsock was visible).
Great editing! Fun video!
Kinda like Bill said, I'm not sure the tower guys would be OK with this (especially if the wind was from the left hand side of a left pattern)-- maybe modified to be more subtle.
The more techniques you have to skin a cat though ... the less cat's there will be ... or something like that. If there's so many ways to skin a cat, how come we never see any women wearing skinned cats?
Yes, also wishing there was a windsock for reference. Can you confirm this is a lee side approach?
PS I notice the Jet was not adhering to the technique.
By the way that was the new Tanarg Citation... Hedgeview and I were at the controls. The wind for most of those landing was between 45 & 90 degrees to the runway. Even the baby Citation was crabing in.
Sorry about the lack of windsocks. Will insert some virtual indicators next time. Approach is made on the lee side as XC has correctly surmised. In a perfect world there would be no need for this as the tower would have us vectored to the rwy truest to the wind, however in the event one found one self away on a cross country about to land at a single strip runway in the effect of a surprise Xwind, or the airport Xwind strip was closed (as is the case at Yarrawonga at present), this technique works beautifully. At a non-towered facility with other traffic in the circut, a simple radio call would enlighten them as to our 45 or 90 degree approach intentions. Again, do not attempt without suitable qualified instruction.
Hi guys, you showed us a High school of piloting techinques because all Hedge did on a small high. I agree with you, nobody can to try it without qualified instructions.
About Bill and XC said: I hope there are not stupid peole on towers. When is a crosswind they must to know that the pilot know what he is doing. I wanted to land on Piešťany airport some years ago in crosswind and I approached 45 degrees to runnway when from the tower told me that I must keep a perfect circuit, because other planes are there too. Then I asked him: Can you to see nice landing or you can to call emergency? He was laughing and told me: OK, do it yourself...
Hi Jozinko,
It would be nice if all towers had a sense of humor and understanding of our crosswind limitations. Fortunately, in Australia, Recreational Aircraft such as trikes are forbidden to enter Tower controlled airspace, (unless we possess Private Pilot License qualifications, and our Trikes have Radios and Transponders), and so most runways will accommodate a 45 degree approach if it were necessary, although we may need to explain our intentions to other aircraft in the circuit.
I see what you mean @Hedgeview. I'm eager to see if I can learn this from you guys-- great technique to have in your tool kit. I'm thinking the technique could be modified to much more subtle in a towered environment crossing less aggressively from the lee side of the runway and turning parallel at touchdown. The power of the technique might be reduced some, and it may require more finesse since less of a stabilized approach is used.
Some (many?) of our towered airport runways are nearly big enough to land cross ways on (which I've not had to do yet, but considered), so addition of some this technique might augment that.
Just my thinking out loud …. (could be completely wrong since I haven't done this …. YMMV)
A big airports here are not happy if we (trikes or small UL planes) want to landing there. But it isnt prohibited. Yes, if we have a transponder its easy. If we havent it, we must have a radio. They chcecked us every 5-10minutes: what is your position and high? Sometimes my friends had a "nice" experiences. For one of them, who can to land, tower give the info: stay in Leopoldov and wait. After 30 mins he called to tower: I know all of prisoners here by their dresses... Must I to know a policemans too? Then he gave a clearance to landing :) Leopoldov is biggest prison here...
This landing technique you must modified by the real weather conditions, the airport situation, buildings around or other obstacles. I had some landings across a runnway, because it was safer. One takeoff I had 90° to runway. There was really strong wind and those cca 60 mters was enough for me. Fortunately in front of me wasnt any trees.