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A380 extreme crosswind landing
- Thread starter waybomb
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I use to land my piper cub and Cherokee Archer in a heavy crosswind like that. Except I would have to touch one wheel down (wind side) and then the other side would slowly straighten out. That wheel would go down then the nose gear. Pretty intimidating the first few times. Crabbing in was pretty fun after you got the hang of it.
There are basically two techniques and different aircraft require different techniques.
One method is to "land in a crab" whereby the heading of the aircraft is not aligned with the runway, but rather differs by a number of degrees. You adjust your heading until you kill any sideways drift and then fly that until you land. This puts huge sideloads on the landing gear, but is the proper method for crosswind landings in aircraft such as the Northrop T-38.
The other method is to dip the upwind wing into the wind which will kill the sideways drift and then correct the aircraft's alignment with the runway by stepping on the opposite rudder. In this fashion the upwind main landing gear will touchdown first, followed by the downwind main landing gear. This is the technique used on most aircraft. Unfortunately passengers are generally clueless and often think a landing in which one main touches down before the other is not a good one.
Because the A-380 in the video was a white tail (no airline markings) I suspect this video was made during the flight test phase to determine what Airbus was going to list as the maximum crosswind the aircraft was able to land with.
One method is to "land in a crab" whereby the heading of the aircraft is not aligned with the runway, but rather differs by a number of degrees. You adjust your heading until you kill any sideways drift and then fly that until you land. This puts huge sideloads on the landing gear, but is the proper method for crosswind landings in aircraft such as the Northrop T-38.
The other method is to dip the upwind wing into the wind which will kill the sideways drift and then correct the aircraft's alignment with the runway by stepping on the opposite rudder. In this fashion the upwind main landing gear will touchdown first, followed by the downwind main landing gear. This is the technique used on most aircraft. Unfortunately passengers are generally clueless and often think a landing in which one main touches down before the other is not a good one.
Because the A-380 in the video was a white tail (no airline markings) I suspect this video was made during the flight test phase to determine what Airbus was going to list as the maximum crosswind the aircraft was able to land with.
Here is a video clip of what happens in a tail dragger airplane (like a Cub) if you land with any sideways drift, or are not perfectly aligned with the direction you are traveling.
It's called a ground loop. In simple terms, the tail of the plane passes the nose usually causing serious damage.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqW7LhZxUs0"]YouTube- Antonov An-2 cross wind ground loop[/ame]
It's called a ground loop. In simple terms, the tail of the plane passes the nose usually causing serious damage.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqW7LhZxUs0"]YouTube- Antonov An-2 cross wind ground loop[/ame]