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Old 11th Nov 2007, 00:12
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misd-agin
 
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"misd-agin: Try no aileron in max crosswind."

I have. At zero airspeed the ailerons are useless. At speed they're vital.

Next time you're sitting on the tarmac() doing your flight control checks notice the rolling motion they create. Nothing happens. Therefore the controls are doing nothing at low speed.

I guess the Boeing boys were wrong. I'll ask them to retest their aircraft.

And to compare the handling of a C-172 or Cub with our aircraft is silly. 40 kts gusts don't flip over commercial jets. Piper Cub's become bowling pins taxiing downwind in 40 kt winds if handled improperly.
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