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Old 02-23-2018, 03:24 PM
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Paladin145
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Default Great point about high pitch /wing clearance

Originally Posted by galaxy flyer View Post
Funny thing about Global strikes, out of 13 or 14, only two involved crosswinds near the demonstrated crosswind component of 29 knots. Several involved winds of less than 10 knots. The “investigations” revealed very low speed at touchdown, hence high pitch angles (>10*, IIRC) and a little bit of ham-fisted roll inputs and/or high sink rate. With 35* of sweep, the tips get close to the pavement at high pitch angles.

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This shows G V as example. at 5' pitch, wing tip clearance goes from 60 to 43 inches clearance.
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