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Crosswind Landings

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Bad weather is a great opportunity for fun 🙂

As I saw the strong winds in South of France, I decided to fly my favorite Cessna 152 in Tarbes (LFBT), home of the TBM. Not only I enjoyed the crosswind approaches, but the 152 can fly so slowly that landing with an airspeed of 50-60 kts (2 notches of flaps) with a face wind of 30-40 kts gives a ground speed of 20-30 kts !! Very short landings 😄

If you want to see the video, it is here: https://youtu.be/ZRDLT8Wpthk
(you can see the 3 touchdown at 1'10, at 3'20 and at 4'12)

I enjoyed the way it is simulated, very realistic in my opinion.

Edited by Rocky
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Nice!

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Yeah! Very nice, seems fun.

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Yes, that was fun, I didn't know the C152 could land that short...

Yes, indeed - while training in a 152 decades ago, I flew backwards on one particular day.

Headwinds were pretty high, so we transitioned to slow-flight with full flaps and indeed, were able to watch the terrain move forward of the main gear...

Randall Rocke

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22 minutes ago, RandallR said:

Yes, indeed - while training in a 152 decades ago, I flew backwards on one particular day.

Headwinds were pretty high, so we transitioned to slow-flight with full flaps and indeed, were able to watch the terrain move forward of the main gear...

I almost did the same some years ago in real life in C152 with my instructor (in 1990 if I remember well), strong headwind, full flaps and engine power to stay at the same place. Headwind was not strong enough to make me move backward 🙂

Because I did it in real life, I can tell how MSFS is realistic here.

 

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