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Old 7th Feb 2013, 05:36
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mm_flynn
 
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thing, foxmouth, etc.

I think you probably have an incorrect view of what manufacturers seek to achieve when certifying and marketing a general purpose aircraft.

Most punters are looking for speed, range, useful load, slick instruments, and a bit of style (note massive success of Cirrus).

Most manufacturers are looking to, meet certification requirements, have a manufacturing cost that allows them to make money and not set landmines to step on and get sued.

Given the certification requirement for crosswind component is a minimum number (i.e. they must positively demonstrate that the average joe can land in a crosswind of 0.2Vso) and almost no one seriously evaluates an aircraft on that number, why would they sweat it to go for a big number.

Now an aircraft marketed as a 'get in and out of the shortest, wildest, boulder strewn mountain strip with radical cross wind and turbulence' may well benefit from a massive maximum cross wind component and obviously rugged gear, but this is marketing as there is no certification requirement for how smooth or rough the landing surface can be.
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