Crosswind Landings

2008-02-24 23:59:24

#1

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|6981

For you aviation fools like myself.

I cannot understand the text, but the last landing is nuts. He is almost perpendicular to the runway. The reason they do this testing is to come up with a "max demonstrated" crosswind. That is basically a go/no go barometer for pilots and operations people.

Now this dude thought he could do better then the "max demonstrated." Ooops.

And this....well. Sometimes mother nature can be a whore.

2008-02-25 00:09:43

#2

Gawwad: My way or Haddaway!; +212|6904|Espoo, Finland

Hehe, 707. You can see him going full throttle by the smoke puffs.
Had seen the first one before, good clips.

2008-02-25 00:10:58

#3

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +691|6510|Washington St.

1) Wtf? Music didn't really match

2) In the first one it didn't really look windy. I'm nothing close to an aviator but did they just line up like that on purpose in order to do the testing. You can see in the other movies that the plane is all over the place but in the first one they're lined up wrong but not bouncing everywhere. My guess is they just slowed the engines on one side of the plane until it was lined up at the correct testing angle.

2008-02-25 00:15:28

#4

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|6981

pirana6 wrote:
My guess is they just slowed the engines on one side of the plane until it was lined up at the correct testing angle.

Not really. That is why the test at Edwards in the sand. Trust me. The FAA requires a max demonstrated crosswind. There was wind. There had to be a lot of wind to cause that kind of "crab angle" on that heavy of an aircraft.

2008-02-25 00:21:56

#5

mcminty: Moderating your content for the Australian Govt.; +879|6940|Sydney, Australia

pirana6 wrote:
2) In the first one it didn't really look windy. I'm nothing close to an aviator but did they just line up like that on purpose in order to do the testing. You can see in the other movies that the plane is all over the place but in the first one they're lined up wrong but not bouncing everywhere. My guess is they just slowed the engines on one side of the plane until it was lined up at the correct testing angle.

As usmarine said... there was wind. If they had have created a situation with asymmetrical thrust, then simply turning like they did wouldn't have fixed it. I believe they would roll to compensate... no fly in a different 'direction'.

2008-02-25 00:29:01

#6

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|6981

mcminty wrote:
If they had have created a situation with asymmetrical thrust, then simply turning like they did wouldn't have fixed it.

Bingo. Think of training in a multi-engine prop. You shut down one engine for landing, you do not "crab" away from the runway. You simply "stand" on the rudder pedal for the most part.

2008-02-25 00:39:29

#7

nukchebi0: Пушкин, наше всё; +387|6543|New Haven, CT

I don't think I would like to be a passenger on a plane doing that.

2008-02-25 00:45:34

#8

mikeyb118: Evil Overlord; +76|6817|S.C.

Looks fun.

2008-02-27 14:17:38

#9

tahadar: Sniper!!; +183|6957|Pakistan/England

a pilot once said something along the lines of "flying is hours of sheer boredom, interrupted by moments of sheer terror". Crosswind landings would appear to be some of the latter. heres one simulated crosswind on a 747:

2008-02-28 03:57:54

#10

Gawwad: My way or Haddaway!; +212|6904|Espoo, Finland

tahadar wrote:
a pilot once said something along the lines of "flying is hours of sheer boredom, interrupted by moments of sheer terror". Crosswind landings would appear to be some of the latter. heres one simulated crosswind on a 747:

Most of the flight time consists of reading tabloids.
I'd say a crosswind landing is some welcome variety, unless the weather is REALLY bad

Nice saying though

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