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Old June 18th 06, 02:47 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default How to land on a grass airstrip

A Lieberman wrote:

On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 21:25:46 GMT, Matt Whiting wrote:


See earlier message of mine on landing on grass, but one should always
know the soil of the intended grass runway and taxi with the yoke full
back.


Even when taxiing back after landing into a 30K headwind?



30 knot head wind doesn't reduce the weight on the nose wheel on taxiing,
so yes, you still need yoke full aft, just less power,


But when you are taxiing back after landing that 30 knot headwind is now
a 30 knot tailwind. Holding full up elevator with that strong a
tailwind will put a lot more weight on the nosewheel and may even flip
the airplane on its nose. You did learn proper control positioning for
taxiing in strong windds during your primary instruction didn't you?


Matt