Luis, I knew we need to drive to Mt Vernon for one more time, and there is absolutely no need to push yourself at the expense of safety...
See ya at your airport on Thursday! kind regards, Dr. Hsu On Mon, Sep 9, 2024, 1:19 AM Luis Claudio via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > Well, it was bound to happen... this past Saturday, the weather cleared > enough for me to try another flight around the pattern, and so I kick the > tires and lit the fires, and off I went... AWOS reported a crosswind from > the West at about 12 to 14kts. We were using runway 36 to the North. I felt > that 14kts was about my personal limit. I was still learning to fly my > airplane and did not want to push it. > > Everything was going great, as I lined up and accelerated down the runway > for takeoff. At about 35kts, I started lifting the tail, made a small > correction to the left to counter the wind effect to my right, when I was > hammered by what I thought was a blown tire... I was tossed in the cockpit > hurting my hip, and the airplane swerved sharply to the left... I managed > to recover back towards the center of the runway, just as I was hit again. > the second gust was much more severe. > > I made two full circles but managed to keep the airplane on the runway. > The airplane came to a stop shortly still on the runway and I taxied it off > to the ramp. I called the tower to see if I had a violation or anything and > they just told me to have a good life... no harm no foul. > > I later found that since my last weather inquiry on the AWOS, the wind > gust had increased to 23kts which were way beyond my level of crosswind > comfort. I called John Shaffer and talked to him a little just to calm > myself. He then reminded me as to why he flies a nosewheel airplane... > > My airplane now sits in my hanger till i have a chance to do a thorough > inspection. My hip hurts like crap and I hope I can recover enough to make > it to Mount Vernon. > > Luis > -- > KRnet mailing list > KRnet@list.krnet.org > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >
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