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Old February 24th 04, 03:21 AM
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Although all planes differ, the general answer is... yes.

Lot of factors here, but the wing being lower, helps..center
of gravity is lower, and the main gear stance is wider , not being
confined to mounting on the fuselage.

I remember a landing a Comanche in a X-wind..(no cross rny-
BTW, landings are mandatory) that would have sent our Cessna end over
end.

3rd attempt, right foot in the firewall.. I would have been
plain dumb to try this with a 182..

I have some time on a Warrior, - short, sturdy wide spaced
gear.. Worked well in x-winds, but the rudder on the Comanche seemed
to be more effective in the slip...

Cheers!

Dave



on the On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 07:51:29 -0800, A Lieberman
wrote:

BTIZ wrote:

Lets just say I've seen more than one Cessna flipped onto its back when tie
downs failed in high winds.. But Pipers seem to stay upright.


I wondered about this.

I found that taxing a low wing is much easier to handle in high winds
situation. Is it because the CG is lower to the ground?

After all, the weight of the fuel is lower to the ground over the
wheels, thus harder to tip over?

Allen


 




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