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Will this wind strength, turning the quickstop into a mere flare; need to be lesser or greater than the translational lift airspeed
Even you should know the answer to that.
Clearly if it is windy, say 30kts or so, quick stops are much less of a strain on the mechanics than if there is no wind at all, assuming heading into the wind that is.
Not knowing the wind on the day though, my statement was generic, trying to balance out a one sided statement about it being a warm day and thus hard on the quality of maintenance.
The A2 has a big engine I believe, fully capable for load lifting perhaps?
I'm guessing 5 up, a warm day, 10kts of wind, power should not be a problem. What was the fuel load?, probably light I should think, coming in to an airfield.
Could it be fuel was so light the engine sucked air during the flare?