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Old 1st Jan 2009, 11:39
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DC-ATE
 
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OK.....let's throw some more wood on the fire.

The way I'VE always done it from day one in a Piper Super Cruiser through many other bug smashers, light to medium twins, Connies, DC-6/7, B-737 (200 & 300), and DC-8s is: Up to max aileron, depending on the amount of x-wind during the initial phase of the take-off roll. As speed increases and the aircraft becomes more "flyable", start relaxing the amount of input. Natural. Of course all this time you're using rudder as well. It IS a coordinated maneauver. The aircraft should lift off tracking right down the centerline, but significantly crabbed into the wind depending on the amount of x-wind, naturally. Don't worry about the darned spoilers. As you start to relax on the wheel with speed increasing, the spoiler deflection will be decreasing.

Simple maneauver.

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