Originally Posted by
H Peacock
Hey, CS, that's probably the only bit of handling an airline driver gets these days!
DCT - The 'concept' is a far removed from the actual airborne instruction/brief! If you tell a co who perhaps doesn't know better (not an RAF co then) to 'boot the rudder' then more fool you for not anticipating his possible mis-interpretation.
So why do you have to use wing-down in the Herc; if you correctly kick off the drift in the flare you still land straight and with no drift (the whole point of this thread is it not - apart from the do nothing option and land without aligning to the runway orientation)
The C130 crosswind technique is the most reliable method of landing straight - any sideways force on landing damaged the ‘shelf brackets’ on the undercarriage. It makes absolute sense. Why risk someone misjudging the flare and damaging the aircraft, when they can get it straight pointing down the runway first? With a high wing, there is no disadvantage to it. The touchdown order is often one side mains, nosewheel then opposite mains! It’s what you get used to!