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Old 8th Jul 2008, 12:56
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helipan
 
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Strong Cross Winds

I have to land regularly in a tight area (cannot fly over due to buildings)which has a cross wind (90 degrees to the helicopter ) at times in excess of 20knots, at the moment I do both
· come in with the cross wind on my left but as always as I pull the collective to hover to land I get a little wobble,
· come in with the cross wind on my right, but that involves turning down wind in a hover taxi situation (as I have a carried out my decent before I turned down wind) and losing all my airspeed before turning the nose with the cross wind 90 degrees’
The last one feels more comfortable but it does go back to the question of no airspeed!
Any comments or better options?
Would also would love to get rid of the wobble at the end ?
thanks
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