REFLECTOR: main gear legs

[NMFlyer1 at aol.com]

Thanks Scott, 
 
I had a feeling you'd be pretty good at landing that 210 in the NM winds, 
otherwise you couldn't go anywhere:)  Since you've been in to my airport, you 
know what I'm dealing with. I just want to be able to fly safely out of here (and 
still have the utility of the airplane). I guess I'll have have to practice 
up on landing in a crab (Im sure it just feels wrong at first). 
 
It is interesting how different parts of the country have different flying 
challenges. Wind, bumps, mountains and heat are normal for us, but then so is 
100 Mile visability. I remember my intro flight at Velocity.. the guy was saying 
it was pretty bumpy.... It was one of the smoothest days I'd flown in years 
:)  Of course, I couldnt find the airport cause of all that moisture in the 
air. 
 
Once I get into my slow speed taxi stuff and have all the squawks worked out, 
I'll be on my way to the factory for transition training.   Think they have 
any 340HP, 700'/lb-thrust 173 FGE's that I can practice in?  
 
Sure looking forward to that. 
 
 Kurt 
 
 
In a message dated 4/1/2007 8:32:25 AM Mountain Daylight Time, 
scott at tnstaafl.net writes:

Kurt,

I'm in the no sweat zone with 15 knots or less.  15-25 is no problem but it 
gets my attention, serious crab angle here!  

I've landed in 35-40 direct cross wind once and it did it fine, I had about 8 
hours in the plane with no cross wind practice to speak of.   It was a wide 
runway, I had the flue and was getting beat up by mod-severe turbulence in East 
NM/west OK.  At the time I was more concerned with getting on terra firma 
than hurting the airplane. 

I had been told how to land when I took the factory transition training and 
landing in the crab configuration does work like a charm. With less than 10 
knots I land in a slip, I did that for years and am very comfortable with that 
method.  I'll do the Crab and Jab up to a point.  With a serious cross wind I 
just leave it in the crab and let the plane straighten things out for me.. 

Scott





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