Originally Posted by
M20EPilot
Flying the RJ now and I see a lot of fear over the crosswind wing scrape... but the training folks say that the problem is striking the DOWNWIND wing after landing and that significant upwind aileron has to be added on touchdown. After flying the airplane a while I see where this issue comes from: People are afraid to put in a little bank angle into the wind on touchdown. They end up touching down with some wind drift, which induces a downwind rolling moment as the airplane straightens itself....land it like normal: straighten it out, and add a little upwind aileron to prevent drift, and its a non-issue. Its as if the fear of the wing scrape thus increases the risk of a wing scrape. Bizarre.
Yeah the other side of it, is that guys put in too much aileron when kicking it straight and the upwind wing starts to head for the pavement, they react too harshly and take out too much aileron and therein lies the problem as well of the downwind wing being scrapped. OR they kick it straight and don't put in enough aileron and the downwind wing strikes as you are saying. You just gotta get a feel for it and fly the plane. It's a lot of fun once you figure out the control pressures and can truly feel the plane.