Interesting Take Off Today

Geico266

Geico266

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Was at Laramie (KLAR, 7,300 MSL) and took off on 21 with winds 270 @ 33 gusts 45 MPH. :eek:

I had no idea an RV-10 could crab so much after take off. :hairraise:

Actually it was pretty uneventful. Interesting and I thought about everything I did and the positions of the control surfaces very carefully. Did not taxi with the wind. Good practice to keep a pilot sharp.

With 1/2 fuel and no passenger I was off the ground in 500', climb rate of 1200 fpm :D

RV's are simply amazing airplanes. :yes:
 
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Geico266 said:
Was at Laramie (KLAR, 7,300 MSL) and took off on 21 with winds 270 @ 33 gusts 45 MPH. :eek:

I had no idea an RV-10 could crab so much after take off. :hairraise:

Actually it was pretty uneventful. Interesting and I thought about everything I did and the positions of the control surfaces very carefully. Did not taxi with the wind. Good practice to keep a pilot sharp.

With 1/2 fuel and no passenger I was off the ground in 500', climb rate of 1200 fpm :D

RV's are simply amazing airplanes. :yes:
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Would not ALL planes going the same IAS, in the same direction, with the same wind, be crabbed exactly the same?

What happens AFTER one is airborne is of no relevance--we do that all the time while cruising. It is only the proximity to the ground that makes the crab angle so obvious.

I am not sure what you meant when you said "I did not taxi with the wind". One has to taxi in whatever direction the taxiway goes, and position the flight controls appropriately to best prevent premature wing lift-off.

But I am glad that you are happy with your plane.

Wells
 
Geico266 said:
Was at Laramie (KLAR, 7,300 MSL) and took off on 21 with winds 270 @ 33 gusts 45 MPH. :eek:

I had no idea an RV-10 could crab so much after take off. :hairraise:

Actually it was pretty uneventful. Interesting and I thought about everything I did and the positions of the control surfaces very carefully. Did not taxi with the wind. Good practice to keep a pilot sharp.

With 1/2 fuel and no passenger I was off the ground in 500', climb rate of 1200 fpm :D

RV's are simply amazing airplanes. :yes:
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Welcome to Wyoming.... You had a nice tailwind going home too:yes:
 

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Wells,

Good points, one and all.

You are correct once off the ground the plane doesn't care. What is nice it the weight to thrust or power ratio of the RV's. Power is a wonderful thing when you want to get off the ground quickly.

The taxi thing was interesting. It is a long runway so I taxied with a front quartering crosswind via the taxi way to a midfield point for take off instead of taxing downwind and going to the numbers. This was also to get clear of the mechanical turbulence of the building and hangars. It is pretty rough when the winds are that strong and you are trying to lift off or land in Laramie.

No parts were left on the runway, and I had a nice tail wind all the way home. 245 MPH ground speed at 11.5 when I cleared the rocks.

A great flying day all in all. Then again, there are few bad ones, only challenges.
 
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N801BH said:
Welcome to Wyoming.... You had a nice tailwind going home too:yes:
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Yes, I did! That is one beautiful state. Had pizza for lunch in Centennial. :D

I asked the lineman while we will fueling in 35 MPH winds; "What do you do when it is -40 wind chill?" He said; "Get cold". :rofl: :eek:
 
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I liked taking off from Angel Fire, NM in a very strong crosswind- the snow piled up along the runway was about 8 feet high, so the wind was mostly turbulent low, but I crabbed like crazy as soon as I popped off the runway. Good times.
 
Sounds like Wyoming. Turned upwind on a departure out of KCYS with an almost full-gross load in a 172RG one day -- was at pattern altitude over the tower. Heh.

Taxiing is always harder than the takeoff in that Wyoming silliness. ;)
 
Geico, what engine do you have in your RV? I think they are great planes.
 
Geico,
Good story. Thanks for sharing. It made me think of asome of my take offs and landings in Texas, over the years.
In Florida the wind howls all winter but not like Wyoming, I'm sure, so you get some what accustomed to it.
In Texas, it howls all the time. Wyoming must be sort of like that.
 
nddons said:
Well, no one's asked the question, so I will: how interesting was the landing? :D
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I landed 500 miles east. ;).

I landed in Laramie 2 hours earlier to drop off passengers. Winds then were runway 21, 25 gusts to 30 MPH. That was a little interesting as I picked up mechanical turb from the hangars and FBO building. Stayed with it until it smoothed out and I set her down. Scared the crap out of my son in law. :lol:


I might be dumb, but I ain't stupid! :rofl:
 
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Had a interesting one today myself. On rollout all was well airspeed comming up, rotated, ground effect and my airspeed was 40kts?!

Plane was flying just fine, good control authority, knew I was good on airspeed. Looked outside and the mud dauber flap was stuck down covering the pitot! Ok, continued on for another 4 min or so and it pops opens back up.

That's the second or third time one of those flaps screwed up on me.
 
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Had a interesting one today myself. On rollout all was well airspeed comming up, rotated, ground effect and my airspeed was 40kts?!

Plane was flying just fine, good control authority, knew I was good on airspeed. Looked outside and the mud dauber flap was stuck down covering the pitot! Ok, continued on for another 4 min or so and it pops opens back up.

That's the second or third time one of those flaps screwed up on me.
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Ever leave the pitot cover on? There is a reason they have a "Remove Before Flight" banner on them. :redface:

Amazing my plane flew with no airpseed what so ever! :eek:

;)
 
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