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Old 29th Dec 2008, 17:03
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golfyankeesierra
 
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FPP, are you a pilot?
What happens when the spoilers get deployed? All of a sudden, the lift is killed on the upwind wing, all four MLG tires 'bite' the runway surface, and the airplane immediately follows its heading, which, as you remember, was to the left of the runway heading.
Before you start accusing CAL pilots of poor airmanship:

A wing needs Angle of Attack to fly. Rolling down the runway the AOA is zero. It won't fly and your tires will have all the friction it needs when you abort.

Also try to find some crosswind landing video's on Youtube, preferably some crabbed (is it called traversed in English?) landings.
You'll find out that inertial is the greater force and once the aircraft touches, you'll see that it will continue in the direction of its flightpath and not the way it's nose is pointing.
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