Warrior III VH-TXH
Weather QNH: 1007, Wind: W ~10kts, Temp: 18c
Runway 31R
After a stormy, 35C day yesterday, today was looking like a nice flying day - clear, cool day - but with a crosswind. So, rather than head out to the training area for a lesson on forced landings, we took the opportunity to practice crosswind landings.
All I can say is - I needed the practice. The transistion from crabbing to side-slipping the last few feet before landing is ugly. When I got it right (a couple of times) it felt great. Most of the time however, I'd use the rudder to kick us straight then feel I need to worry about the round out & flare.
Rather than use opposite aileron to balance the yaw/roll, I'm centring the rudder and using no aileron. The result is the plane starts drifting across the runway centre line. It made for some very interesting landing.
We managed to get in 8 circuits before it was time to call it a day and while I felt I made some progress I can see I need to practice crosswind landings whenever I can.
VH-TXU Piper Warrior III - crosswind circuits - 1.1hrs Dual, (Total time 27.0 hrs)
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