just one caveat to Pilks' post ..
.. some (but certainly not all) of the crosswind limits are just that ....
As an example, I had an involvement with the Rockwell Commander singles when they first went onto the local register years ago (nice little aeroplanes to fly but not for you and I, Dave .. or Gaunty .. jointly and severally, we would never fit into the seats .. I am convinced that they were intended for the Japanese market) ... the specific numbers elude my memory but I vaguely recall that the original US figure was 15 knots (?) and we upped that to something like 18 knots or so ... that level of crosswind was flown and was getting to a point where the aircraft was becoming not very pleasant ..... while I would be happy to land many aircraft of my acquaintance in quite strong crosswinds, for that particular family I would respect the number in the Australian manual ...
... actually, I fibbed . make that several caveats ...
As I haven't had to address a flight manual task in recent times I haven't done any specific research and I don't have the answers to the following ... perhaps Dave has considered these ?
(a) where do all the lighties which had an Australian 27/22 CTA and associated documentation go for their new flight manuals ? .. a number of aircraft flying around have flight manuals which I put together, for instance and both the aircraft and the manuals are somewhat different to the US versions ...
(b) what about aircraft like the AC 50A and S models, for instance, which have higher takeoff weights than the US standard TC permits ? (this came about due to differences which were exploited in ANO 101.22 and the serendipitous family of higher weight aircraft to which they belong
(c) having picked up on audits entire model ranges which had been issued with the wrong flight manual by the regulatory specialists in innocent error ..... how many of the well intentioned CofR holders out there are going to fall into all manner of traps ?
Last edited by john_tullamarine; 21st Aug 2002 at 11:58.