Questions tagged [crosswind]
A crosswind is wind blowing across the direction of travel of an aircraft (as opposed to a headwind or tailwind).
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How dangerous was this approach of a Dash8 Q400 really?
There is a video going viral here of a Dash8 landing during a recent media hyped storm:
According to the description and imagery it is a Dash8 Q400 (registration D-...
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On crosswind landings, is it preferable to side slip or crab on final approach?
I've seen several instructional videos on crosswind landing techniques. Some advise the pilot to crab the aircraft until just before touchdown when he/she should kick the rudder over to align the ...
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What is the recommended procedure to land a taildragger in a crosswind?
Almost 20 years ago I helped a friend (who recently passed away from an unfortunate home accident) ferry a 1948 Stinson from Córdoba, Argentina, to Buenos Aires. We had to make several stops to refuel ...
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Is the main landing gear of a large airplane designed for sideways (crabbed) touchdowns?
Is it just my imagination, or is it a fact that many large airliners actually touch down "crabbed" on difficult crosswind landings?
Here's what I mean in this video, or as shown in this picture:
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Is it legal to takeoff in a crosswind that exceeds the design limit of my aircraft?
Suppose the max crosswind rated for my C-182 is 15kts, but the wind is directly across and gusting to 20kts. Is it legal for me to go? I've heard plenty hangar flying stories of many an operation ...
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A321 Two unsuccessful strong crosswind landing attempts. What was actually going on?
As a passenger on A321 I have recently experienced the following:
The plane took off in strong winds (25-30 knots) and then proceeded to the destination, which it reached in 45 minutes. At first ...
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How to correct for crosswind in VOR holding pattern without wind information?
I've heard many articles about crosswind correction in VOR holding pattern. They mainly tell the outbound leg=correction times three things for slow speed aircraft. I notice all of them require wind ...
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Is it normal to use only one hand on the yoke while landing?
In this video taken from this question, the video shows the pilot using one hand on the yoke and one hand on something else (perhaps the throttle? I'm not a pilot). Is it normal to do landings with ...
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What is a demonstrated crosswind component?
What is a demonstrated crosswind component? Is it possible to land in a crosswind greater than the demonstrated crosswind component? Is it safe to?
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Botching crosswind landings
I'm having a terrible time nailing my crosswind landings. I'm a student pilot and have about 30 hours in a Cherokee 180 and working on my solo CC's.
I start out doing a side slip method on short final ...
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Which runway should I have used, and how can I properly choose it in later flights?
Today I wanted to fly and could take off from the runway of my choosing. I have wind from 040 at 13KT and the one runway is 09/27.
Which runway should I use?
I would use runway 09 because an aeroplane ...
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Why should one not slip a Cessna 172 with flaps extended?
The POH strongly recommends not slipping the AC with full flaps...why?
It seems natural in a crosswind approach to
allow the horizontal lift component to cancel the airmass movement across the ...
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What determines crosswind limits?
What is typically the limiting factor for how large a crosswind component a given plane can be safely landed in?
My impression is that larger planes are less sensitive to crosswind than smaller ones -...
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Problem with right crosswind landing but not left
The prevailing winds where I'm training are almost always straight down the runway or from the left. I have no problem landing on (and staying on) centerline in either case.
However, when the ...
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Are crosswind landings easier with larger airplanes?
I don't spot an answer to this question, so thought to re-post it here. Larger airplanes are heavier and would ostensibly be pushed less by the wind compared to a small airplane? Do larger airplanes ...
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What is the use of heading bug?
When I started searching for Heading Bug (other bugs like altitude, speed bugs), I didn't get much clear idea about it. Usually this is displayed on Horizontal Situation Indicator display on the ...
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Are crosswind landings performed using autoland or under manual control?
I believe many people here have seen at least one of Cargospotter's videos of crosswind landings at Düsseldorf (DUS/EDDL).
There are several of them. I picked this one:
I think the pilots land their ...
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What is the maximum wind speed a Boeing 737-800 can deal with during takeoff and landing?
I'd like to know how safe the Boeing 737-800 is during takeoff and landing when it's windy. What are the maximum wind speeds for cases of tail, head and cross winds?
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What effect does a direct crosswind have on takeoff performance?
Is the take-off distance increased by a direct crosswind?
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What is a general rule for crosswind correction, especially when landing?
I am wondering what is the rule of thumb with correction of the bat?
Is it 2° for every 5kts?
Now i know you can use a E6B.
But im talking about landing ILS or visuals without bracketing the ...
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How do flying wings respond to crosswinds?
Is the vertical tail the primary reason for causing landings to be skewed in a crosswind? Please explain the effect of the fuselage, the tail, or other components.
If the vertical stabilizer is the ...
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Are pilots generally trained for crosswind landings?
A YouTube footage of a KLM Boeing 777 landing at Schiphol airport in the Netherlands is certainly scary as the plane bumps and weaves and rolls from side to side.
Are pilots generally trained to ...
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What is the maximum crosswind limit for a C150/2 aircraft?
What is the maximum crosswind limit for a C150 or C152 aircraft?
Does this change depending on the class of licence?
Are there exceptions for emergencies?
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Do crosswind takeoffs increase the chance of a compressor stall?
I watched this video on YouTube:
The video shows some pretty impressive take-offs in serious crosswind. Honestly, they looked even scarier than crosswind landings.
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What is the physics of crosswind landings for large airplanes?
This always confuses me from a physics perspective. Upon touchdown, what is the effect of the wind on a large airplane/airliner (Boeing 737 and above)? Below are three cases I put together to make it ...
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How do cross-wind correction controls help while on the ground with wings level?
When taxiing, taking off and rolling out we are told to use cross-wind correction inputs. Assuming a headwind, you bank into the wind by raising the aileron on the windward side and lowering the other ...
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What does a pilot do when there is crosswind?
In an aircraft, headwind slows it down, and tailwind speeds it up. But it does not steer the flight off course.
But when there is extreme crosswind, how does the pilot handle the situation? And what ...
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Is there a crosswind that would perfectly cancel out the "torque" of a C172 on takeoff?
We all know that on takeoff you need right rudder in order to balance out the "torque" of the propwash hitting the tail. Is there an exact crosswind that would cancel out this torque?
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How strong must wind gusts be to prevent landings and takeoffs?
I hope this is not as trivial as it sounds. Is there a wind gusts threshold based on which, at a given airport, incoming flights are diverted and outgoing ones are delayed?
I assume that aircraft are ...
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Would a headwind result in a faster propeller rpm?
A few weeks ago I did an experiment with a model aircraft that has a motorized propeller. I turned on the propeller and it turned at a constant speed. Then I turned on a desk fan and put it in front ...
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Why does the airplane not 'feel' the crosswind?
Apologies for multiple pictures but I thought they would depict my question more clearly than a lengthy description.
Image 1: Why does the aircraft still follow the straight path even if the wind is ...
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Can autothrust keep the plane aligned with the runway during crabbing?
I'm not talking about the entire auto pilot system, but only the thrust. Because I think, when experiencing crosswind during landing, the speed of wind may fluctuate and on 3 digit approach altitudes ...
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How can using split throttles help when landing twins in crosswinds?
In General Aviation light twins, when landing in heavy crosswinds, what are some considerations to using asymmetric (or Split) throttles to induce a sideslip, to align the fuselage with the ground ...
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What are the wind speed limits for skydiving?
Obviously, there is the crosswind and steady wind speed limit of the aircraft you are jumping from, but that aside, what are the wind speed (including gusts) limits for the average tandem skydive?
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What is the maximum angle between an airplane and runway centerline when touching down at a crab angle in a crosswind landing?
What is the maximum angle between the airplane's heading to the runway when an airplane is being landing sideway due to crosswind?
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What is the maximum crosswind component for large airliners?
For smaller aircraft like Cessnas, the demonstrated crosswind component is something like 12 knots but they can land up to 20 to 25 knots. For bigger jets, such as the Boeing 737 and 777, what is the ...
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Is there any load and balance and attitude that can put positive G on one wing and negative on the other?
I got caught in gusty cross wind on the final approach to Catalina airport last week and decided to add power and push for quick turn to come back over laterally sliding runway in a Cessna 172N. ...
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Does wing sweep affect the direction of lift?
Given both a straight and swept wing (identical otherwise), exposed to the same airflow, would the direction of lift be the same? Please see below a crudely drawn example of my thinking.
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Flare: low, slow, and uncoordinated? [duplicate]
I'd like to rephrase the question:
Often I forward-slip on final right right rudder. During this time, I use the ailerons to keep the aircraft headed down the center-line; the aircraft's bank varies ...
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How heading bug is calculated during cross wind and tail wind?
From this question, it is been suggested to ask different question, rather than keep discussing it under comment section.
How is the heading bug calculated and used for navigation when there is a ...
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What wind speed should I adhere to (gusts or not)?
I live in the UK, and as such frequently have flight plans cancelled in Microlights (Ikarus C42). Anyway, one of the reasons is it has a low crosswind limit (15 kts). When I look at the weather, I ...
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Does a wing produce an appreciable amount of lift during the takeoff roll prior to rotation?
I was hoping for some insight on this, perhaps also from pilots who have used AOA indicators. This because I assume that an AOA indicator is the only means to get at least an idea of how much lift is ...
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Is drift and sideslip angle the same in the accompanied figure?
Consider the following figure:
Initially aircraft is moving along dotted line. But due to wind, aircraft ground track is changed to solid line but body still pointing parallel to dotted line. I've ...
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What does 'laterally aligned' mean in this description?
In the Airplane Flying Handbook there is a section on crosswind takeoffs that mostly makes sense. However, this paragraph confuses me.
Takeoff Roll
As the forward speed of the airplane ...
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Does the headwind component change noticeably when transitioning from a crab to a slip on short final?
I don't know if I'm overthinking this, but it has been causing a bit of confusion in my head.
Knowing that the headwind component affects the angle of climb/descent, I was wondering how it affects ...
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Why is flying in a slip uncomfortable?
It seems that flying a plane in a slip can make passengers uncomfortable.
What is it about that configuration that is unsettling?
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Why changes the lift during turning with sidewinds? Why is there relative wind in the wind-frame?
I started doing some simulations with XPlane and could observe a very interesting effect when doing turns in the presence of constant wind:
All simulations are done with the XPlane Cessna 172 (?) ...
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Can a kite take advantage of crosswinds to gain speed? [closed]
In a form off a kite can wind be redirected like a sail boat in any direction? Can cross winds around a jet stream be helpful in speed in such a design?
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Could a 30 knot direct crosswind make a Learjet roll over 90 degrees?
Could a 30 knot direct crosswind really make a Learjet roll over 90 degrees?
A recent incident has prompted this question, but it's not explicitly about that incident (with its ongoing investigation)...
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In what conditions do airline pilots favor crabbing over de-crabbing for crosswind landings? [duplicate]
There are several crosswind landing techniques described on Wikipedia, including crabbing (straightening out after touchdown) and de-crabbing (straightening out just before touchdown).
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