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Old 4th Nov 2008, 19:00
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TB - as I said - it is for the individual 'comfort level' rather than a 'must do'. I have flown far higher wing sweeps than any airliner with far greater 'lifting' tendencies, and my PERSONAL technique has been to fly the a/c. The into-wind wing does not just start 'lifting' at rotate.

On the subject of 'comfort', I am not comfortable with 'it's 2.5 units for this wind and that's it' which I have seen develop into nasty rolls one way or the other when the rotation wind ain't the same - and sadly the thinking process isn't there either.

This is all rather like 'how you must do a crosswind landing', isn't it?
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