Bad RWY at JFK again
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I agree, there is no such thing as a bad runway if it is made out of concrete and has no potholes in it. The actual xwind component that day was under 20 knots, quite manageable by any student pilot. JFK is not responsible for poor piloting skills.
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Info on antennas. Most boeing aircraft have the ILS glideslope and localiser antennas in the nose, on the forward bulkhead below the radar. I doubt whether your 9 month check of antennas would include opening the radome. Try wiring diagram manual chapter 91 charts will show all locations
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...why do you care about antenna position???
On Airbuses, LLZ signal is processed so the deviation displayed on PFDs is that between the LLZ beam and the aircraft yaw axis...
The fitted Multi-Mode Receivers take care of that.
Fatfish, p51guy...on all Airbus FBW aircraft, glide and loc antennas are located in the nose area...that does not mean that the nose is aligned with the LLZ signal during an ILS app.! Otherwise, every x-wind landing would be scary...
On Airbuses, LLZ signal is processed so the deviation displayed on PFDs is that between the LLZ beam and the aircraft yaw axis...
The fitted Multi-Mode Receivers take care of that.
Fatfish, p51guy...on all Airbus FBW aircraft, glide and loc antennas are located in the nose area...that does not mean that the nose is aligned with the LLZ signal during an ILS app.! Otherwise, every x-wind landing would be scary...
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True! 
http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/McDonnell-Douglas-KC-10A
On the other hand, the DC-10 was a brilliant wing-down aeroplane. If you look at the geometry, you would never be able to scrape a pod (you would always get the wingtip first).
http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/McDonnell-Douglas-KC-10A
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SF, Thanks for the explanation of how Airbus uses a nose mounted localizer antenna to land on the centerline. I wonder if Boeing uses the computer to find the center axis to align with centerline too? Seems like an antenna mounted on centerline further back would be so much simpler. I don't have any manuals any more and have a friend trying to find where the 757 loc antenna is but it isn't in our study guide. Seems like in a xwind during decrab all autolands would end up in a bank into the wind during flare to get on centerline for the main gear.
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So the apparently preferred choice is to drag the wingtip, with all that leverage, vs. scrapping the bottom of the engine cowling?
Put me down in the 'favors engine cowling' crowd.
Put me down in the 'favors engine cowling' crowd.
ehwatezedoing:
I absolutely loved that photograph of the KC-10 doing an absolutely beautiful "wing down" landing. I suspect that the photograph was taken at Lajes (which always had a huge crosswind) in the Azores.
Now I have put one of the Queen's Short Belfasts on to that runway at Lajes in a horrendous crosswind (and I do not know how many other airfields around the world).
The Belfast crosswind limit (because of yaw dampers, triplex auto land and rudder-aileron interconnects) was officially 21 knots.
I landed at YQX one night in hellacious winter conditions in windspeeds that most of you would rather read about. As best as I can remember, the crosswind was around 41 knots but the wing down technique got us quickly down to the Flyers Club!
I absolutely loved that photograph of the KC-10 doing an absolutely beautiful "wing down" landing. I suspect that the photograph was taken at Lajes (which always had a huge crosswind) in the Azores.
Now I have put one of the Queen's Short Belfasts on to that runway at Lajes in a horrendous crosswind (and I do not know how many other airfields around the world).
The Belfast crosswind limit (because of yaw dampers, triplex auto land and rudder-aileron interconnects) was officially 21 knots.
I landed at YQX one night in hellacious winter conditions in windspeeds that most of you would rather read about. As best as I can remember, the crosswind was around 41 knots but the wing down technique got us quickly down to the Flyers Club!
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To p51 guy!(or any other pro) What if the wing tips are far aft of the mains as it is on the DC10 and many other sweep wing aircraft,and then being caught by a sheer or downdraft in the flare.Could,t this ruin an otherwise perfectly executed wing low landing when the pilot pull back on his columm to arrest the high sinkrate? I am no pro, just asking.I have seen a tip scrape on an Md80 where there was no unusual high bank angle,but where the deck angle was higher than normal to prevent a last second high sinker.Isn,t possible to simply being caught by bad luck regardless of what happend during certification?
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737forever, the wing down technique works a treat if within the crosswind limits set by very experienced manufacturer's test pilots and design engineers. (It was certainly my preferred option for the Boeing 777. Airbus suggest the kick it straight in the flare option as their preferred method because their FBW computers aren't programmed to cope as well with the wing down option.)
If you try using the wing down technique at higher crosswinds (that are also within the aircraft design limits but higher than that recommended for the wing down technique), you risk an engine pod or wingtip scrape (depending on the geometry of the particular aircraft type).
In this day and age, attempting a landing in a crosswind beyond the certified (or "demonstrated") limits is a Very Bad Idea for a line pilot wishing to keep his job. However, in very rare circumstances, sometimes the alternative to busting a crosswind limit might be even less appetizing than risking a pod or wing tip strike. In those very rare and extraordinary circumstances, it's a matter of the captain using his discretion.
But such circumstances should be very rare indeed, and maybe encountered once or twice in a whole career.
If you try using the wing down technique at higher crosswinds (that are also within the aircraft design limits but higher than that recommended for the wing down technique), you risk an engine pod or wingtip scrape (depending on the geometry of the particular aircraft type).
In this day and age, attempting a landing in a crosswind beyond the certified (or "demonstrated") limits is a Very Bad Idea for a line pilot wishing to keep his job. However, in very rare circumstances, sometimes the alternative to busting a crosswind limit might be even less appetizing than risking a pod or wing tip strike. In those very rare and extraordinary circumstances, it's a matter of the captain using his discretion.
But such circumstances should be very rare indeed, and maybe encountered once or twice in a whole career.
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When you kick it straight in the flare,isn,t it a tendency to float or balloon past you,r desired touchdown point.That,s what I seen a lot of times specially with sweep wing long haulers.I tried a 767 sim some years ago and what worked best for me was either side slip early or land crabbed.But then ago I am no pro.To me it looks that one wing get more lift from the wind,and the other wing from the dropping aileron,This and the groundeffect and it was very easy to overshoot. Is this the reason why so many land in crab on short runways with crosswind?I sometimes in me free time work as a freelance aviation writer,so i hope I been apologized for asking on a forum which is ment mostly for all of you,r professionals out there.