Originally Posted by
Paladin145
Nice landing, in my rookie opinion.
What I noticed:
- removed crab as low as possible ; about 5 feet it seemed ?
- still had some crab into wind.
- appeared to touchdown in slight crab, with slight side load.
- straightened nose after touch down.
- kept wings level. ( no chance of wing strike.)
Any thoughts on this one ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wol0Lh10gOs
Pilot didn’t fully decrab; the right (downwind) wing dropped as the gear “took out the crab” the hard way. The rotation on the pivot point caused the wing to drop. It’s hard for a pilot to input aileron to stop the wingtip drop caused this way, as the rotation about the downwind gear is sudden and concurrent with touchdown. You are being, to some degree, being “tossed” in your seat at the same time as the wingtip moves. This is how downwind tips get stuck.
Better to land with some crab on than overdo the decrab input and land in a drift with the nose pointed a bit downwind.