Jason Schappert with you, Cedar key Airport, I'm going to show a crosswind takeoff
and landing. But we're going to do it from a short field in this case,
not a lot of wind, I have only about a 7 knot crosswind, so nothing too major
but, when it's a light airplane, we're a little bit less than half
tanks, and it's just myself on board, you feel that crosswind a little bit more.
and the crosswind brings some interesting challenges, especially at a shorter field.
2,200 feet, like Cedar Key. So, my run-up is already done.
Let's go ahead, and taxi on out there, we're on the side of the runway, they don't really have taxiways
here, so we're just going to let them know we're departing, "& Cedar key traffic 23 Mike Zulu is departing,
runway 23, closed traffic, Cedar Key,"
Alright, we'll pull on out here, and this
brings up, the interesting point here, I need to do a short field take off in addition to
a crosswind takeoff here, you kind of hopefully got a look
at that windsock there, I want to turn into the wind, getting everything set up,
just as it should be, flaps where they need to be, all that
and I'll treat it just like I would a normal shortfield, I'm going to go ahead and give it full power
I'm verifying engine gages are all green, everything is set,
all looks good, we roll off the brakes evenly, a little bit of right rudder
in there, I'm still holding my crosswind correction, and as I build up airspeed
I'm babying out that crosswind correction that was into
the wind, also a little back on that yoke, the right wheel comes up first as you can tell,
look how we're able to track centerline on out using that technique
there, coming on up, still pretending it's short field, well it is a short field, but no obstacle to clear
clear that obstacle, Vy climb now, Flaps. I'm babying the flaps out.
in increments here, as we come through. Now, where it's going to present
the interesting situation here, is coming in to land
On a typical short field, I like using full flaps, but a typical crosswind,
I don't want to use full flaps, so how do we work to find that balance?
We'll talk about that on final. "& Cedar Key traffic, 23 Mike Zulu is turning,
left crosswind, runway 23, this will be a full stop at Cedar Key,"
go ahead and turn our crosswind now, everything's looking
good, engine gages all still set here. So, when we get on base,
when we get on final, we're going to have to work on some different tactics,
to still slow this ... "Cedar Key traffic 28 Delta is currently a mile,
and a half NE at 1,500 feet, we're going to be circling the island,"
We need to work to slow this airplane down without maybe the use of flaps,
what are some ways we're going to work to do that, "& Cedar Key
traffic, 23 Mike Zulu's turning left downwind, 23, full stop, Cedar Key,"
A busy day at Cedar Key, huh, alright, not blowing through
our downwind at traffic pattern altitude, rolling out nice
wings level
maintaining altitude, all looks well,
and before you know it, we're going to be abeam our touch down point, a big displace threshold
here at Cedar Key, especially on runway 23,
going to go ahead and go Carburetor heat, bring that power on,
typical crosswind I'll land 10, I'll go no flaps sometimes, I'll go ten
sometimes, i'll go 20, so how can we find that happy median
and then incorporate some different crosswind technique
to slow this airplane on down here "Cedar Key traffic,
23 mike zulu is turning left base, runway 23, full stop, Cedar Key"
looking good on my base.
Managing my airspeed.
Here now, it's so easy for us to get
really, really-- let the airspeed get away from us way out here,
and always sets up for a sloppy landing. I'm going to go 20 degrees of flaps.
not a typical on a crosswind, but it's only 6 knots or so,
final looks clear, I've got the power back to idle, way out here, I got the plane trimmed up
nicely, I'm turning final, "Cedar Key traffic, 23 Mike zulu is turning final, runway 23, Cedar Key,"
the power's back to idle way out here
I'm using it to manage my airspeed, that wind, too , kind of blew me
just a little further past center line than I expected
managaing that, and notice too, that I've got a little crab angle in here. I'm about 80
right here with 20 degrees of flaps at 400 feet, that's not too bad, I can
I'm still at idle, right here, I've got a little crab angle in,
to that wind, using that to slow down, I've got the nose kind of in a good position
here, an appropriate descent rate, not getting too
slow, though, just 75 with just 20 degrees of flaps, crabbing into the wind
maintaining centerline, coming on in, everything's looking great, I'm
still on a nice path here to hit my point,
right, and as we come in, I kick it over, I drop that left
main, I'm going to touch my left main down first,
whew, a little gust of wind, and hold it, hold it, hold it.
Back on that yoke, aerodynamic braking, slowing myself on down
here, and just like that, we're down.
Cross wind landing on a short field,
these are things you don't always practice in the ACS or in a flight school,
wanted to give you guys just something different to think about, listen, I can't wait to read your comments, your questions,
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