"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:28:19 -0500, Eisboch penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|I don't get it.
|
|When I was first learning to fly, the initial, basic technique taught was
|crabbing, like those shown in the video.
|Later, we were taught to dip the aircraft into to the crosswind, in a
|balanced turn offset by the effects of the crosswind, and the approach
was
|normal to the runway.
|
|Then again, I am not a super experienced pilot, so maybe there's
something
|going on here that I don't understand.
|
|But ... I'll always remember ... any landing that you can walk away from
was
|a good one!
|
|Eisboch
|

Maybe they have X-wind landing gear?
Check out Figure 12-11
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-468/ch12-3.htm


Breeze exceeds demonstrated crosswind component and An Oh, ****
moment....
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...21_landing.wmv



Hate it when that happens.

Maybe the bigger the aircraft, the more difficult it is to do the "dipped
wing" approach. I only have experience with the little guys and limited
experience at that. When I first started instruction my CFI told me to
forget about using the rudder and doing coordinated turns. He said he would
tell me when to start using the rudder.

Well, he forgot to tell me and, I couldn't land the stupid airplane for
weeks. The owner of the flight school finally went up with me and started
yelling at me for not using the rudder to straighten out just before
touchdown.
Problem solved and I soloed the next week.

Eisboch