denverpilot
Tied Down
11.5 minutes of awesome. Congratulations Boeing!
The crosswind landing was impressive. Crab all the way down until you're on both main gear, THEN kick it over to align with the runway... That must feel weird to a passenger.
But with the engines hanging down that's the only way to do it, I guess.
Don't know about the 787, but in the 777 sim max X/W was 54kts and I did a perfect wing down landing without it saying I dragged an engine.
Don't know about the 787, but in the 777 sim max X/W was 54kts and I did a perfect wing down landing without it saying I dragged an engine.
Don't know about the 787, but in the 777 sim max X/W was 54kts and I did a perfect wing down landing without it saying I dragged an engine.
Interesting given that max crosswind on the 777 is 38knots dry runway.
Even at 38knots x-wind and zero pitch nacelle strike won't occur until 14 degrees roll. Landing at main gear and nose gear static position (-1.1 pitch) yields 10.5 degrees roll before nacelle strike.
From what I've noticed, the bigger and heavier the plane, the easier the actual stick and rudder flying is.
Max Cross wind component in AA's 777 sim is 54kts IIRC.
The sim can have 100 knots of crosswind, but the airplane is limited to 38knots dry runway.