30-04-2006, 12:16 PM
I remember I had something similar a few days ago while I took a Cessna from Montevideo to Buenos Aires. The weather was cloudy and unstable, and the
thing was shaking like an old washing machine, when suddenly, -whooop- my plane got almost sideways and -1000 feet- above the altitude I was flying
three seconds ago, and my speed went from 98IAS to 120IAS. Now that's one of the reasons as of why many pilots decide NOT to fly when weather is bad.
The sideways attitude is typical of strong crosswind. If you find a strong side wind, either the pilot or the autopilot have to compensate that
lateral displacement by moving the nose a little -or a lot- towards the wind. The stronger the crosswind, the more you have to move your nose to
compensate it.
thing was shaking like an old washing machine, when suddenly, -whooop- my plane got almost sideways and -1000 feet- above the altitude I was flying
three seconds ago, and my speed went from 98IAS to 120IAS. Now that's one of the reasons as of why many pilots decide NOT to fly when weather is bad.
The sideways attitude is typical of strong crosswind. If you find a strong side wind, either the pilot or the autopilot have to compensate that
lateral displacement by moving the nose a little -or a lot- towards the wind. The stronger the crosswind, the more you have to move your nose to
compensate it.
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