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Old 1st Feb 2016, 01:48
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There was a lot of chirping of wheels during that testing!
An aside - I am generally a low-wing fan. But I have to tip my hat to Cessna's spring-steel struts for handling side loads. My sole serious experience of wind shear was a gusty day when, right in the flare, the 25-kt wind swung around from a 15° right headwind to a 100° tail-xwind in about 2 seconds. Power and rudder kept me out of the grass and runway lights, but I still touched down with quite a side drift. Heavy thump and screeching, but those angled C172 struts toughed it out.

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