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Old 02-10-2008 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Superpilot92
Its like everything else, after you do it a bunch of times it will become second nature. Good luck and have fun.


Also, Maybe i am missing something here but why would you land with a crab if you have Zero crosswind?

Maybe I'm missing something, but why would you lang with a crab at all, unless you'd run out of rudder and had no choice but land?
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Old 02-13-2008 | 08:03 PM
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Maybe I'm missing something, but why would you lang with a crab at all, unless you'd run out of rudder and had no choice but land?
Because your perspective is off, being used to landing from the left seat. You think the longitudinal axis is lined up with the runway, but it is not...
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