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Old 25th January 2010 | 00:30
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Intruder
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747 has tilt sensors in each truck plus the nose gear air/ground. Once you're on the ground and deploy ground spoilers, everything is going to come up, you're not worried about the crosswind.
Maybe you're not worried, but as a 747 Captain, I am worried!

There is still significant control authority available after ground spoiler popup in the 747, including ALL the aileron and rudder travel. Heavy crosswinds CAN pick up a wing after landing, so the handling pilot MUST fly the airplane until below 80 KIAS.
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