Crosswind landings

[Jim Ivey]

Lance
 If Michael Hill landed that year you could to. I was judging that round during the storm on line one and the top fliers that did fly were impressive in the wind.
Wheels up you get ZZZZZeeerrrooo.
See ya there.You can check out your scoop.
 Jim Ivey
> 
> From: patterndude at comcast.net
> Date: 2005/07/14 Thu PM 06:34:16 EDT
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: Crosswind landings
> 
> I'm leaving for Muncie in the a.m. and looking at a storm roll in out my work window.  Wind is wipping up at about 40 mph crosswind.  These are the same conditions faced at the Nats 2 years ago.  So I was wondering about what I'd do if it happened again.  Although flying was nearly impossible, landing most definitely was.  This was because a 40 mph crosswind can not be compensated for as the plane slows.  However, with magical planning skills I could imagine making my landing approach at a 45 degree angle to the runway.  As the plane slows it will track the shape of a parabola layed down in a horizontal plane.  If I time the power right the plane will stop flying in the crosswind direction when it is over the runway and I can touch down.  However the plane will be at least 45 degrees crabbed at touchdown, (probably more). 
> 
> If I suck up the gear (retracts) and side slide the plane on the center stripe to a halt, is that a 10?
> 
> --Lance
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