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Old 15th Feb 2017, 14:48
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mikehallam
 
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C1,

But if you keep power on as required to hold 40 kt into 40 kt breeze ready to land but say 25 ft up & still too high, you hover, (after a fashion).

When you decide to fly nearer the deck it will land and whilst shutting down, remaining facing into wind as you, brakes on, wait for a wing walking team.

Deck being the operative word as it's how high performance naval a/c manage short runway landings - with carrier 'steaming' into wind plus arrestor hooks. u.s.w.

Come to think of it a suitable bit of elastic stretched across any runway could be fun & solve many landing possibilities.

mike hallam.
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