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Old 29th Jul 2011, 23:25
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Kilda Ste Hilda
 
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Wrong residual crab on touchdown

I have this major problem after converting from narrow body to wide body aircraft: when there is some significant crosswind ( but not that strong ) I sometimes have this almost on touchdown despite making the decrab and straightening the nose. Somehow tha nose get pointing to downwid leading to a cruncher spoiling an otherwise good approach and flare. My skippers had helped me analysed those tendencies of the nose to go downwind; one surmised that I had relaxed on the upwind aileron prior to touchdown, one thought that I had too much rudder, one reckoned that " I has stopped flying the aircraft prior to touchdown letting the aircraft do it's own thing", etc. One was kinder, he reckoned that there might have been a wind shift just prior to touchdown!

I have never had this problem on the short narrow bodies but this is getting me all upset. Has anybody encounter such a problem? It's destroying my confidence in handling a big jet in variable wind conditions! Please help!
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