Piper Arrow II Flight - YMMB to YLTV - Part I

[snuggles03]

wish u didn't keep moving from side to side all the time, your video made me dizzy. Just keep it still

[MrHaroldPratt]

How can the wind be "perpendicular" to the runway? Satellites "orbit" the earth; aeroplanes do not do "orbits" of Melbourne.

[flyboy172r]

@MrHaroldPratt

Perpendicular refers to the direction of motion of the wind being at 90 degrees to the direction of the runway, very easy to understand. Observe the wind sock (indicating wind direction) at 5:48 onwards. 'Orbit' is a term used ALSO in aviation whereby an aircraft will circle a fixed location on the earth. Note how the aircraft performs a circle around the CBD area. It can also be referred to as circling, but orbit just has a better ring to it.

[quinnyfly]

Nice one, it looks like that wind was picking up, good X/Wind technique.

[joshuaspolar]

@quinnyfly Actually I'd have to disagree. on short final he had the nose right off center line. He was doing the crabbing technique (for anyone reading this who doesn't know).

for small planes like an Arrow, however, you should be slipping the plane. That is, using the rudder to keep the nose lined up straight and the ailerons to keep your course straight (usually cross-control). The reason for this is that in a windy situation, slipping will reduce the risk of side-load on the landing gear

[chris5812341234]

love the plane. I am going to learning in a arrow II and that one looks really nice

[tamilboii]

Landing is harder than taking off eh?

[Orpheaspanayiotopou]

@tamilboii no its not take off is harder it may sound silly but with take off you have 77%stoping if enything goes wrong and with landing you have 99% chance for a go around