Originally Posted by
sycamore
EXDAC(tongue in cheek),corn is as high as an elephant`s eye;it`s just corn,no roads,wires,houses in front,no furrows visible,no irrigation,lo wing/hi wing,retractable gear/fixed,your choice,no visible slope,times running out..!!
Well, with my tailwheel aircraft on 26 inch Bushwheels I'd be inclined to check out the area ahead. I only need about 200ft with that wind. Landing in tall crop even at 35 mph is likely to do significant damage.
BTW landing out (au vache) is something I have done far too many times in my over 95,000 miles of glider cross country. One that pleased me was landing in a field of young cotton with deep irrigation furrows. I put the main and tail in the same furrow and damaged only one cotton plant when the wing came down as I stopped. Damaged nothing else in the extraction to the adjacent farm road and trailer.
It didn't please me as much as getting home would have done but the thunderstorm was right over the turn point.