Goose Egg
Big Jens
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Hey all,
Today I had a little time and I thought I'd sit down and figure out just how much crosswind I had landed in a few weeks ago. To my nearest estimation, it was a crosswind component of 22 knots (good story). The maximum demonstrated value for the Cessna 172R is 15 knots, and so here's the question.
If I, your average 1000 hour CFI, can land a C-172 in a 22 knot crosswind, then why can't those super-test-pilot types that help determine the value in the book? It's not like it was a daring feat of piloting skill. It was just a landing. So what's the deal with that demonstrated value? A test pilot could have certainly duplicated what I had done.
-Goose
Today I had a little time and I thought I'd sit down and figure out just how much crosswind I had landed in a few weeks ago. To my nearest estimation, it was a crosswind component of 22 knots (good story). The maximum demonstrated value for the Cessna 172R is 15 knots, and so here's the question.
If I, your average 1000 hour CFI, can land a C-172 in a 22 knot crosswind, then why can't those super-test-pilot types that help determine the value in the book? It's not like it was a daring feat of piloting skill. It was just a landing. So what's the deal with that demonstrated value? A test pilot could have certainly duplicated what I had done.
-Goose