Very nice.
Is it less critical in "big iron" to be aligned with the center-line on touchdown? I suppose the amount of slip is limited with wing-mounted engines.
-The main gear struts on almost all jets have shimmy dampeners and are allowed to torque some.
-Wing Mounted engines cannot accept much bank, so the a combination slip//crab method is preferred until round out..then its almost all de-crab..if you run out of rudder so be it...its is easy to put a pod or a wing in the ground.
-You cant flare to much ..a flatter landing is preferred especially in gusty winds..(if you balloon ) you can stall an aileron causing a fairly violent roll moment..which again jeopardizes the engines and wing tips...this can be unwelcome surprise 10 feet of the runway......usually folks new to airliners experience first hand that forcing the "Cessna" technique on something much bigger doesn't work out so well
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