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Old 30th January 2014 | 01:40
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foxmoth
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really everyone, just try the crab and then straighten out just over the runway.

very few planes won't do this well.
I could just as easily say "really everyone, just try the wing down, no need to worry about getting your timing wrong, you just keep it aligned with the runway" and to me that is the best thing, at ALL times the aircraft is pointing straight down the runway. I can do both, but certainly on a Tailwheel prefer wing down - though for comfort or nervous pax may just transfer from crab to wing down in the flare as per BPFs post.

I note also that this is ACTUALLY what you are doing yourself
and put the other wing down
rather than a true crab approach where you just kick straight and keep wings level hoping you have timed it right, but even this to me is not as good for a newish pilot as setting up the wing down at say 300', because you are then making a lot of changes at very low level.

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