Thread: Bad landings
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Old April 15th 07, 06:42 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Larry Dighera
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Default Bad landings

On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:04:51 -0400, "Morgans"
wrote in :

how, does this arrangement make crosswind landings a "no
brainer?"


Never having flow one, I offer:

The proper cross-wind landing technique for an Ercupe is to crab into
the wind maintaining flight-track straight down the runway centerline
all the way to the runway surface. At touchdown, the trailing-link
main gear design induces a side force near the CG that causes proper
alignment of the airplane's longitudinal axis with the runway
centerline.

It's a useful, inexpensive and relatively robust aircraft, that can be
operated as a Light Sport Aircraft, IIRC.