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

> 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.

Quite correct,,, I was only questioning part of the notion (i.e., the 'need'
for any elevator positioning)


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<charles.k.scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:tpjsk1lugoigebhrrq4c3b1oejb0pcn99u@xxxxxxxxxx
> 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).
>

>
> Corky Scott


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