January 3, 20233 yr Just wonder how much crosswind this plane can handle? In 25knots I had no rudder authority and was impossible to takeoff.
January 3, 20233 yr In F Robert Van Der Linden's book " The First Modern Airliner " I can't find any reference to a Crosswind Limit. In the design calculations for strength it was assumed a maximum gust speed of 30 feet per second that's about 17 knots. Not sure how relevant that is. Edited January 3, 20233 yr by nippa
January 3, 20233 yr 6 hours ago, Kaboki said: Just wonder how much crosswind this plane can handle? In 25knots I had no rudder authority and was impossible to takeoff. I think the crosswind take off limit for a B17 was around 12 knots.
January 3, 20233 yr Author 17 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said: I think the crosswind take off limit for a B17 was around 12 knots. So this plane is the same?
January 3, 20233 yr 1 minute ago, Kaboki said: So this plane is the same? I should think it was slightly less.
January 3, 20233 yr Author Ok, that explains my problems. Was thinking the FM was wrong. Thanks for the replys. 🙂
January 4, 20233 yr It is a tail dragger so crosswind capability will never be great. Many airports at the time were called "xxx Field" because they were exactly that, a field, and you could always land into the wind. In the case of the Staggerwing for example, the POH for some models simply states do not take-off or land with a crosswind (other variants of Staggerwing allowed 10 mph, in other words almost nothing). Edited January 4, 20233 yr by Glenn Fitzpatrick
January 4, 20233 yr Author Dont want to start another thread, but have one more issue with this plane. I just got a buttkicker, im using hapticonnect and all other aircrafts feels fine, but this B247 doesnt give any feedback. I dont get much engine vibrations, rolling down the runway doesnt give any feedback. Pretty much only feedback i get is touch down and raising/lowering landing gear.. Anyone else?
January 4, 20233 yr Author 3 hours ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said: even with window open ? Yeah tried it but it made no difference with window open. But today somehow I get more effect that didnt work before. But the engine rumble effect in this plane I dont really like it. Also the Hapticonnect doesnt let me make profiles for different planes, which is very annoying to adjust everytime I switch planes. Maybe I have to look into simshaker? Tried to buy the sound module though, but the russian sanctions make it a bit difficult.
January 4, 20233 yr Author 9 minutes ago, Pathfinder633 said: Bit of a bouncy one was it?😁 ? What are you trying to say here:p?
January 4, 20233 yr Author Ah, I get it now, misspelled Boeing:p Anyway, sorted out my buttkicker issue with this plane, my chair had some loose parts I had to tighten:p. I also tried simshaker but I prefer the effect from hapticonnect. So I wrote down a spreedshet for the different plane settings:p, hope they add some profile system to the software which would make things more easy. Thanks all for the knowledge, learned things I didnt know about taildraggers:) Edited January 4, 20233 yr by Kaboki
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