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Old 29th Nov 2017, 17:13
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piperboy84
 
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Never had any problem crabbing taildraggers into cross wind landings. You can use either method. I preferred the crab. But of course the crab method assumes that by the time you touch down you will have removed the crab and gone to a 'slip' to remain aligned with the
You're a braver man than me SSD, I start with the crab when turning final (for passenger comfort and ease) but convert to a slip on short final to get a measure of what cross control is needed and indeed if I've got enough authority to keep it straight. I would not have the bottle nor the reaction time to figure it all out AND hope to get it straight between roundout and booting the rudder to de-crab in the final seconds of touch down.

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