Singlecoil
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Ok, I'm curious about something.
Let's take the accident case for example:
You are taking off to the north and have a strong crosswind out of the west. A left crosswind. Which technique do you use, A or B?
A. The wind is trying to roll the aircraft to the left so you need to hold right aileron as you takeoff.
B. You need to hold aileron into the wind so you should be holding left aileron as you takeoff.
Include in your answer how you would use the rudder as well.
And finally, would you change the above technique if it was a quartering tailwind or quartering headwind or does the headwind/tailwind factor not matter? i.e., you would hold the same aileron technique whether the crosswind was a quartering headwind or tailwind.
I only ask this because I recently flew with a 737 captain who used the wrong technique.
Let's take the accident case for example:
You are taking off to the north and have a strong crosswind out of the west. A left crosswind. Which technique do you use, A or B?
A. The wind is trying to roll the aircraft to the left so you need to hold right aileron as you takeoff.
B. You need to hold aileron into the wind so you should be holding left aileron as you takeoff.
Include in your answer how you would use the rudder as well.
And finally, would you change the above technique if it was a quartering tailwind or quartering headwind or does the headwind/tailwind factor not matter? i.e., you would hold the same aileron technique whether the crosswind was a quartering headwind or tailwind.
I only ask this because I recently flew with a 737 captain who used the wrong technique.