Crosswind landing control..

On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 19:54:32 -0800, "BT" wrote:

AL, with the manual flaps, drop the flap handle to the floor..
remember.. those beeches say "do not use maximum braking with full flaps"
I've seen more than one beech skip down the runway flat spotting the tires

Be careful with the term "Beech". A short filed landing with a Bo is,
plant the mains on, let the nose down, get on the brakes and *haul*
back on the yoke. That actually puts pressure on the mains. The
flaps stay at full. For one reason they are slow enough that they
will spend more time in the added lift region right when you don't
want it when coming up. If I hit the up switch when I have it planted
on, I'll be to a stop about the same time the flaps reach full up. BTW
A non transitioning pilot is unlikely to hit the wrong switch.
Switching to a plane with the switches reversed would worry me.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com