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Old 03-30-2014, 09:10 PM
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Yup, 18G24 at 45 degrees. Just be sure and park into the wind; sure is a bug vertical stab and rudder on the RV-7
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Old 03-30-2014, 09:32 PM
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Never let a good crosswind go to waste - you never know when the practice will come in handy I landed in a crosswind burbling over the trees at Dyersburg, TN once and had four touches before getting both mains planted. The RV-3 felt like a butterfly.
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Old 03-31-2014, 07:01 AM
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18G24 is way different in the hills of north GA than the flats of the plains or even the beach areas of FL.

I landing in South Dakota once when the winds were gusting low-30's. I heard the ATIS and about made myself sick thinking about the landing. On approach it was just like someone was holding the rudder about half deflection but there was no real turbulence. I planted the upwind wheel and had no issues. I'm not 100% confident I could do that at a few airport around here.

I enjoy some crosswind pattern work. I just hate going anywhere on very bumpy days.
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Old 03-31-2014, 08:16 AM
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At my airport (KDVO) some non-pilot long ago decided the new runway should align with the local highway. So, when the winds blow from the ocean we get turbulent flow from the nearby hills and an almost perfect 90 degree x-wind. CFI's from miles around bring their hapless students to Gnoss Field to joust with the wind socks, which sometimes point toward each other!

If the wind's blowing here, it's usually a cross wind.
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Old 03-31-2014, 09:20 AM
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Does anyone else put themselves through this sort of thing for fun?
I'm a CFI, so I put others through this for fun
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Old 03-31-2014, 09:27 AM
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Seems like every landing at my home airport (on the paved runway 13/31) is a gusty crosswind landing lately. Plus, the runway slopes downhill to the southeast and all of the hangars are on the west side of the runway. Guess which way the wind has been coming from most of the time lately when it's strong and gusty? That's right, from the southwest. The rotors and mechanical turbulence from all the buildings meet the runway just about right at the optimum touchdown point.
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Old 03-31-2014, 09:46 AM
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At this point, I'm still working on my landings with the wind straight down the runway. One day I'll figure out how not to do 2 or 3 of them at a time.

But right now I have a grand total of 22 hours in the RV7, so I'm looking forward to improvement with time spent practicing.
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Old 03-31-2014, 10:34 AM
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18G24 is way different in the hills of north GA than the flats of the plains or even the beach areas of FL.

I landing in South Dakota once when the winds were gusting low-30's. I heard the ATIS and about made myself sick thinking about the landing. On approach it was just like someone was holding the rudder about half deflection but there was no real turbulence. I planted the upwind wheel and had no issues. I'm not 100% confident I could do that at a few airport around here.

I enjoy some crosswind pattern work. I just hate going anywhere on very bumpy days.
The winds coming off the hills north of us were ridiculous! I started to head over to Dahlonega (which I can't stop pronouncing like Phil Liggett Tour de France announcer) to buzz the strip but there was some nasty mnt wave and I gave up as the terrain rose.
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Old 03-31-2014, 10:37 AM
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At this point, I'm still working on my landings with the wind straight down the runway. One day I'll figure out how not to do 2 or 3 of them at a time.

But right now I have a grand total of 22 hours in the RV7, so I'm looking forward to improvement with time spent practicing.
After a couple hundred hours of RV time time I can tell you as soon as you paint a handful of landings on and start thinking "Yeah, I got this now" you will hobby horse one right down the runway. Its always when someone is watching.
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Old 03-31-2014, 11:12 AM
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While there is no substitute for the real thing, you can practice cross wind landings without a cross wind. Pick your side, dip a wing, and practice landing on the "upwind" wheel. In fact, I recommend this to new pilots so they get a feel for cross controlling the airplane and keeping the airplane straight and centered.
I agree with others in that the mechanical turbulence set up by a cross wind at many airports causes much more of a challenge than the actual cross wind. You are just as likely to balloon up as you are to have the bottom drop out. Keep your hand on the throttle and be quick to maintain your landing attitude and target airspeed, which I keep a touch faster when windy. Be prepared for a quick step on the rudder once you touch down as RV's like to weather vane....
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