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g w wrote: > If it is blowing just 12 knots around here, it is going to be bumpy. 20 > knots is nearly out of control much of the time. It never blows steady. > Take the wind and the bumps and I still say it is not a good crosswind > plane or good on narrow runways. Maybe if you are flying in a flat area > with a steady wind it would be fine. Get out here in this bumpiness and > shifty wind and you need all 3 controls seperately when you land, and a > normal plane would be better. My tail height is fine. And I am a good > pilot so forget that before I get mean. :-) Glen Ward I was based at an airport that had trees and buildings around it that made me pay ATTENTION to the wind flow and swirls around those objects on windy days. Visualizing the wind as a fluid and seeing the swirls it makes as it goes over the trees and drops down to the runway let me predict where and how much speed to have. I'd pre-advise my passengers to expect me to drop the nose just as I passed a certain landmark so don't worry when I do it. The Coupes are a pretty light wing load plane and DO get buffeted by the burbles in the wind more than a heavier wing load plane would. It can be a roller coaster ride on a windy day. But you can count on the fact that, as you get very close to the ground, the ground effect under the low wings will force a stabilization that lets touch-down be nicely controlled. When it's bumpy/windy I usually don't go fly for fun. But neither do I cancel a trip because of a measly 30 kt. crosswind at an airport. And I disagree, you DON'T need all three controls separately when you land in wind or turbulence. Whatever for? Ed Burkhead __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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