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Old 14th Feb 2014, 12:29
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mad_jock
 
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For a start I don't think the drift was removed in fact I think they have over cooked it and gone for to much rudder.

The higher wing has the aileron down and the rudder is out on the same side which says to me they didn't have crossed controls.

Which to be honest is a typical error when try to kick off the drift in the flare.

The fact that they haven't kept the nose up either says that the crew were pax as well for a few moments.

At least when you go wing down at 100ft you can basically lock your leg and just deal with drift with slight amounts of roll then you can just concentrate on getting the pitch right. Saves you have to get 3 things right 6 ft off the ground. And all you have to do is increase your rudder input to keep it in a straight line and roll in some more aileron until you hit the stops to stop the wing lift once you lift dump or spoilers are out. Then keep it there to help steering on the tiller until your at taxi speed and gust locks are in.
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