Re: Some stuff I never 'got'...

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:03:13 GMT, "Cecil Chapman"
<bayareapilot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Elevator position during taxi with a crosswind and a quartering tailwind.
>Now most of us have all probably heard the memory aid (for elevator position
>during taxi) 'climb' in a headwind and 'dive' in a tailwind - a memory aid
>to help remember elevator placement with different wind directions during
>taxi). If one were in a tail dragger it makes perfect sense; i.e. up
>elevator in a headwind to 'plant' the tailwheel firmly on the ground and
>down elevator in a tailwind to keep the tailwheel from lifting up and off
>the ground...... but in a tricycle gear? Why? In some ways, in a tricycle
>gear the argument could be made that the best position for the elevator
>during taxi in a head/cross wind would be down (instead of up). Why?
>Because holding the elevator down would plant the nosewheel more firmly
>against the ground - it would seem that up elevator would reduce the
>pressure/contact on the ground (however minimal the loss - unless you had a
>honking wind).

Cecil, my POH says to hold neutral elevator when taxiing downwind in
the 172, if I'm remembering it correctly. The elevator and ailerons
are adjusted so as to "dive away" from the wind when turning so as to
keep the upwind wing down and make sure that the tail does not lift
up.

Corky Scott
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