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Centurion
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 Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:51 am Post subject: Crosswind sweetness |
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Ah bliss. For the first time in years (literally) there was a decent steady
cross-wind for my flying pleasure. 'Twas the usual parachute ops in the
venerable HJP (C206), BKN at FL130-140, 30C on the ground and a steady
WEW-NW wind all day.
So there I was, lining up for RWY34 (YWOL) on about 0.4nm final (wave to
wifey as I fly past our back yard), laying off a modest amount of drift
(~10-15 degrees), speed stable, power set and bang on my target IAS 
Coming over the fence, kick it straight with some right rudder (careful to
stay off the brakes) dip the left wind into wind and hold that pose.
Settle the bird down on the left main smooth as silk, allow the speed to
bleed off a little more, relax the aileron and put the right wheel down,
now keep it straight and gently lower the nose wheel around 45KIAS. Rinse
and repeat for the next 3 drops too.
Sweet. I haven't nailed that many consecutive cross-wind landings in a row
in years! It's nice to know I've still got it :D
Shiny side up folks!
Cheers,
James
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The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is a constant, but nowadays the
illiterates can read.
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RT
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:49 am Post subject: Re: Crosswind sweetness |
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"Centurion" <spam.this (AT) nowhere (DOT) tld> wrote
| Quote: | Coming over the fence, kick it straight with some right rudder (careful to
stay off the brakes) dip the left wind into wind and hold that pose.
Settle the bird down on the left main smooth as silk, allow the speed to
bleed off a little more, relax the aileron and put the right wheel down,
now keep it straight and gently lower the nose wheel around 45KIAS. Rinse
and repeat for the next 3 drops too.
Sweet. I haven't nailed that many consecutive cross-wind landings in a
row
in years! It's nice to know I've still got it 
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Heh! Good one! Worth living for :-)
And this:
| Quote: | Coming over the fence, kick it straight with some right rudder (careful to
stay off the brakes)
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is one of the best reasons NOT to have spats. Spats ensure you get to see
about 20% of the tyre periphery on your pre-flight - Murphy ensures the
patch where the two canvas layers are rubbed thru when someone landed with a
brake on (or simply locked a wheel later) is under the spat where you can't
see it.
Nosewheel spat, maybe, since it's in the slipstream and doesn't have a
brake - not mains....
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ventus50
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:07 am Post subject: Re: Crosswind sweetness |
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YWOL ?
where is the drop zone ?
I thought they all jumped at Wilton.
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Rob
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:34 am Post subject: Re: Crosswind sweetness |
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ventus50 wrote:
| Quote: | YWOL ?
where is the drop zone ?
I thought they all jumped at Wilton.
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At North Wollongong Beach, Stuart Park if not the Pacific just to the
right, as has happened again recently.
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Centurion
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 5:19 am Post subject: Re: Crosswind sweetness |
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ventus50 wrote:
| Quote: | YWOL ?
where is the drop zone ?
I thought they all jumped at Wilton.
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Yeh - different out-fit. We drop at Stuart Park (Flagstaff Point) or Dalton
Park if there are strong westerlies. Both drop zones are withing a few
hundred metres of each other and about 10nm from the ARP at YWOL :)
James
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and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money it values more, it
will lose that, too."
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