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keystone(at)gci.net
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:57 am    Post subject: Maximum cross wind for 801 Reply with quote
I live in a place where we don't get crosswinds or when we do they are blowing they are 20 gusting to 30 off the 6000' mountain and the commuters aren't even flying. What have other 801 flyers found to be the maximum crosswind they can land in. Do you use any special technique?

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Bill Wilcox
N801BW
280 hrs
Valdez, Alaska
Installing wing strut fairings, Just finished fixing second gas tank leak

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:48 am    Post subject: Maximum cross wind for 801 Reply with quote
Bill:
I have landed in a 25 MPH cross wind which had about a 17 MPH 90 deg. component. I ran out of rudder just as it settled in and started to weathervane into the wind. I would not try anything stiffer than that unless you were landing on wet grass.
Tom Faulkner
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n801bh(at)netzero.com
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:24 pm    Post subject: Maximum cross wind for 801 Reply with quote
When it gets that windy I don't fly. The real problem is keeping it from flying as you take it out of the hangar. I did return back to home field during a frontal passage and the winds were 26, gusts to 35,and a 90 degree crosswind. Jackson Hole's runway is 150' wide. I just landed crossways and got it stopped about 30' past the centerline. Taxiing back to the hangar was something I never want to do again. That's where the wreck will happen.
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Ben Haas
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-- Keystone Engineering LLC <keystone(at)gci.net> wrote:
I live in a place where we don't get crosswinds or when we do they are blowing they are 20 gusting to 30 off the 6000' mountain and the commuters aren't even flying. What have other 801 flyers found to be the maximum crosswind they can land in. Do you use any special technique?

Thanks


Bill Wilcox
N801BW
280 hrs
Valdez, Alaska
Installing wing strut fairings, Just finished fixing second gas tank leak

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:16 pm    Post subject: Maximum cross wind for 801 Reply with quote
BILL,

WHERE ARE YOUR TANKS LEAKING?

DAVE IN SALEM


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:17 am    Post subject: Maximum cross wind for 801 Reply with quote
I think that the ability to handle the wind is more a function of the capability of the pilot and the amount of Xwind practice he/she gets. The 801 is certainly capable of handling some pretty stiff Xwinds. I personally don't find it much fun with 90º Xwinds in excess of 15-20 knots, but on rare occasions I have done it, in one case on a 28 ft wide runway -- a little scary. With a 30 knot Xwind I would not fly (my limitation, not the 801's).
My technique is to crab on long final, then on short final, transition to a cross-control, up-wind wing down and land on the up-wind main wheel. I like this standard technique and have never had any problems with it. Although much of the time I land with power at idle; with strong Xwinds I like to maintain a little power with an approach speed no less than 70 knots.
Taxiing the 801 in strong winds is no problem as long as you keep the flaperons fully deflected into the wind and you don't go too fast.


Larry Landucci -- N801LL



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n801bh(at)netzero.com
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:27 pm    Post subject: Maximum cross wind for 801 Reply with quote
I agree with Larry on everything he said. Personal comfort with crosswinds is the deciding factor. On dry pavement, taxiing is not a problem, here in Jackson Hole Wy months will go by when we cannot see bare pavement, it is all ice covered. The side of an 801 is like a billboard, add a crosswind and icy taxiways and I can assure you those pesky taxiway lights can make you religious as you are sliding their way. <G>
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Ben Haas
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-- Larry Landucci <lllanducci(at)tds.net> wrote:
I think that the ability to handle the wind is more a function of the capability of the pilot and the amount of Xwind practice he/she gets. The 801 is certainly capable of handling some pretty stiff Xwinds. I personally don't find it much fun with 90º Xwinds in excess of 15-20 knots, but on rare occasions I have done it, in one case on a 28 ft wide runway -- a little scary. With a 30 knot Xwind I would not fly (my limitation, not the 801's).
My technique is to crab on long final, then on short final, transition to a cross-control, up-wind wing down and land on the up-wind main wheel. I like this standard technique and have never had any problems with it. Although much of the time I land with power at idle; with strong Xwinds I like to maintain a little power with an approach speed no less than 70 knots.
Taxiing the 801 in strong winds is no problem as long as you keep the flaperons fully deflected into the wind and you don't go too fast.


Larry Landucci -- N801LL

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