Originally Posted by
Ewfflyer
Better yet, only do 1-wheel touch and goes(assuming you fly a cessna). I've done it a few times in a piper, but definately much harder to do with the wider and longer wheelbase. Usually a good 10-15kt steady wind works well
Call me crazy, but I just think that doing one wheel touch and goes puts a lot of bad pressure on that one landing gear, especially if it's just the slightest bit gusty.
I could just never really understand all of the logic in not side loading the gear (when every take-off in a single does), yet landing on one gear. I've seen many students and ever other pilots drop it in on one gear trying to keep it corrected for x-wind (maybe a fixed gear might take it - but what about when you transition to a retract?)