[NSRCA-discussion] Takeoff tech. in crosswind.

[Richard Strickland]

I guess it is what you are used to--I feel just the opposite!

Richard
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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of mike mueller
  Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 4:07 PM
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   It's also a lot easier to keep the plane tracking straight on a nice
grass field than most asphalt runways. Mike

  "Del K. Rykert" <drykert2 at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
    What works well for me is to quickly throttle up to 1/3rd to 1/2
throttle depending on amount and degree of crosswind component then smoothly
apply the rest of throttle as needed to get your prop blast working on your
rudder till having enough speed to have better rudder authority. Can't help
the occasional loss of track or hitting bumps in runway at that crucial
time..  I ask my caller to place the aircraft and test role it back and
forth couple of feet to see if wheel will be hitting any big bumps.  Does
keep the plane for me under control on takeoffs and I have flown in some
severe stuff...  Canopies were flying on the flight line.

        Del

      ----- Original Message -----
      From: Richard Strickland
      To: 'NSRCA Mailing List'
      Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 4:40 PM
      Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] If you don't score
bytherules....don'tadvertise a rulebook event


      Another thought--sort of related--is the impression on who or what is
in control.  Is the guy or gal flying the airplane or simply guiding the
thing around?  When I get the impression that every movement is controlled
as opposed to pointed and banged, that person will score a little higher as
it appears more intentional.  For the most part(and I know there are
exceptions), the folks who take control from throttle up on take-off to
rollout after touchdown are the ones that win.

      RS


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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of mike mueller
        Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 12:35 PM
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         I think that the run and gun TO method is sometimes a matter of
safety. If you have a heavy crosswind at your back it's best to get the
plane running in a straight direction as soon as possible. With taildraggers
liking to weather vein as they do. When we were scoring TO's on a 1 to 10 I
saw a lot more close calls with the guys on the upwind flight lines. I do
agree that the landings with trike gears were spectacular. Mike

        Richard Strickland <richard.s at allied-callaway.com> wrote:

            Cigarette butts(filters) used to make excellent wheel chocks.
It was almost automatic to pick one up on the way out to set the plane down
and stick it in front of the nose wheel...  Saved time...  About the time I
sort of got my act together on TOs and landings, they quit scoring them(or I
moved up and they didn't score them)--CRS disease again...sigh...   With
trikes, the cool deal was to lift the nose wheel, roll along for awhile as
the airplane gently lifted off.  Landing was to wheel on the mains and
gently lower the nose-OR hold it off for a while.  Seems like Steve Helms
did some of the prettiest ones....

            With conventional gear, pretty TOs and landings are a little
more difficult to do well, but I tend to think a guy that can run it right
down the centerline, roll it on and off smoothly OUGHT to have an edge.  I
know this has been suggested before--but a guy who does lovely TOs and
landings WILL make a better initial impression and the judges will EXPECT a
better flight.  The 'gun and go' guys are shooting themselves in the foot.

            RS
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