Post by wjcjr on Apr 16, 2007 0:02:43 GMT 1
I am not virgin to a death spiral anymore.
I haven't been flying for about 3 weeks and had to go today. Wind was 11mph but unpredictable in direction, force and gusty.
One time at landing... I was banking a corner and trying to lose altitude quickly to line up for short, fast and fast-approaching landing strip. I was conscious not to bank the plane to heavily in the wind but then out of nowhere a gust of wind spun the plane in a spiral dive no more than 50 feet above the ground. I let go of the controls to let plane stabilize, it did about 15 feet off the ground then full power and full up elevator. I swear I mowed the newly sprouting springtime grass.
No damage just a bit of shaky nerves at that landing. The landing did go good, by the way.
Now if I had meant to do this spiral dive thing it would've been mentionable.
Wayne
I haven't been flying for about 3 weeks and had to go today. Wind was 11mph but unpredictable in direction, force and gusty.
One time at landing... I was banking a corner and trying to lose altitude quickly to line up for short, fast and fast-approaching landing strip. I was conscious not to bank the plane to heavily in the wind but then out of nowhere a gust of wind spun the plane in a spiral dive no more than 50 feet above the ground. I let go of the controls to let plane stabilize, it did about 15 feet off the ground then full power and full up elevator. I swear I mowed the newly sprouting springtime grass.
No damage just a bit of shaky nerves at that landing. The landing did go good, by the way.
Now if I had meant to do this spiral dive thing it would've been mentionable.
Wayne
