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Old 20th May 2009, 17:16
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JW411
 
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I think the Musketeer is trying to get into the Top Ten in the Darwin Awards for 2009. Isn't ignorance wonderful? He certainly doesn't know very much about getting airborne in a very strong crosswind.

In the BAe146 for example, if you don't have maximum into-wind aileron applied at the start of the take-off run in a 35 knot crosswind, you will have great difficulty in staying on the centreline (or even the runway).

This of course means that the into-wind roll spoilers will be deployed at the beginning, but as the speed increases, the amount of into-wind aileron needed reduces so that by the time you get to VR the amount of handwheel control required has reduced dramatically.
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