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Old 7th Nov 2010, 15:10
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Chuck Ellsworth
 
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The use of words:

I came across this on the Canadian forum.


Heh. I was doing some tailwheel training yesterday, and the student was doing very well with the crosswind - he dropped the left wing, a little right rudder to stay straight, which he maintained during the flare. He established the landing attitude and touched down beautifully on the left main and the tailwheel at the same time - sort of a 2-pt landing :wink: As he slowed down, aileron progressively all the way over into the wind, keeping the downwind main in the air as long as possible, and spoiling lift on the upwind wing with the up aileron, and creating maximum adverse yaw on the downwind wing with the down aileron, to oppose weathervaning during the rollout as we slowed down and the rudder lost effectiveness.
Obviously the author of that post is from the same era and thought process as I am by noting he used the word " Effectiveness " instead of " Authority " .

Does that make us less professional as teachers?
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