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Old 02-17-2018, 07:59 AM
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Paladin145
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Default Good catch on noticing the downwind wing

I was focused on the upwing wing, and crab angle.


Originally Posted by galaxy flyer View Post
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.
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