PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Landings in gusty conditions
View Single Post
Old 7th Nov 2007, 15:54
  #15 (permalink)  
Contacttower
Fly Conventional Gear
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Winchester
Posts: 1,600
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
At 65 knots in a PA28-161 you will have some difficulty keeping on the centre line in a gusty crosswind...simply because at that speed with full flap it gets quite vunerable to turbulence and tends to 'wallow' a bit in the air. I would come in with just two stages flap at 70, and slow to 65 as you come over the hedge. No faster though....the tapered wing PA28s when light will float for ages in ground effect.
Contacttower is offline