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"Well, on the Brasilia..."
Sure. But I'll be able to stand up all the way. That's...amazing.Rj wages. . It's an rj.
Don't tell the dc9.
Sure. But I'll be able to stand up all the way. That's...amazing.Rj wages. . It's an rj.
Don't tell the dc9.
SFO, ORDis the 175 based on the west coast?
Very valuable words. It works 98% of the time fantastically, and lulls you into a false sense of reliability. Then you do the FREDM or ANCHR arrival and you are screaming profanities why it isn't working correctly.Don't trust VNAV. That's all I have. Congrats!
I would like the EMB-145 more if the antlers did not exist. That yoke was not created with crosswinds in mind.
You know that 10 (15?) year old Chelton VNAV works great.Very valuable words. It works 98% of the time fantastically, and lulls you into a false sense of reliability. Then you do the FREDM or ANCHR arrival and you are screaming profanities why it isn't working correctly.
Do you actually use a wing-low method of some kind, or touchdown in a crab? At least in the swept wing jets I flew, you try the winglow method, you'll induce a huge descent rate or else possibly interrupt the clean airflow to the crab-direction wing via the fuselage. Don't know if large swept wing planes are the same way.
An ERJ-145 is not exactly a "large swept wing jet."
I've used wing low in the swept wings I've flown (granted it's all in RJs 145, CRJ 200/700) and it has worked fine without any introduction of a huge descent rate. Granted I don't kick the rudder and drop the wing until 100ft - sometimes lower. The actual large swept wings, no idea what they do.
And I don't believe any of the RJs are "approved" (again, of the ones I've flown) to land in a crab. Can do some good damage to the gear.
Yeah, we had to land in a crab, then immediately correct alignment upon touchdown. One jet, the T-38, really had no wing; and the F-117, had a permanent 68 degree wing sweep. So again, not much wing for slow speed and/or cross controlling.
Do you actually use a wing-low method of some kind, or touchdown in a crab? At least in the swept wing jets I flew, you try the winglow method, you'll induce a huge descent rate or else possibly interrupt the clean airflow to the crab-direction wing via the fuselage. Don't know if large swept wing planes are the same way.
I've been using the wing low method for years in everything from a DC-9 to 727, 757, 767 and widebody Airbus.
Makes sense for those. Where's there's wing to work with. Good info.
A military jet might be different. You probably use the same method as for a DC-8..... crab till the very last moment then rudder it straight, while keeping the wings level. If you do it right, it's a thing of beauty. If you don't..........
In theory October and later classes (November for me) are going to be Denver. I'm pretty sure that's actually coming to fruition.If you can remember what all the acronyms are, your already half way there.
Are you doing it all in house, or at FSI in STL?
@Roger Roger
The VNAV works perfectly 100% of the time! it's the autopilot that has a mind of its own, whether it's going to be coupled to it.
Wing low in the crosswind works really well. I've pulled some surprisingly smooth touch downs with a stiff crosswind. When it's dead clam and 12,000', I tend to slam it on.