I like the B52s where you crab all the way down and crank in the crosswind angle on the undercarriage offset. Kind of like controlling a supermarket trolley and you look out the side window on roll out. :-)
----- Original Message ----- From: <zorc...@aol.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 10:30 AM Subject: Re: KR> slipping > OK the heavier aircraft, I've flown the B-727 a little over 20 years, and > am > just coming up on 2 years on the A-300. We were taught, (and it works) > to > crab down final, and at the last 100 to 200 feet to transition into a slip > for > touchdown. However, that does not work well on the DC-8 or so my friends > tell me. On that aircraft, with the larger CFM-56 engines, if you bank > over > about 6 degrees, you would catch a pod. So on the -8, you crabbed and > "kicked" > the airplane straight just during the flare. It is a different view in > these aircraft during the crab phase, as some of the longer-fuselage > aircraft, > when the main landing gear is centered on the runway, the nose will be > over the > weeds. > > Bill Zorc > KR-2.5 Corvair project > Vero Beach, FL > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
