Cross wind landing techniques

[mak]

I had my question answered while Tinkerbell and myself did our conversion in Germany by a relative experienced gyro pilot. Thomas is Mr T of MT03 gyro's, has 12 000 hours on gyros and a very knowledgable and funny guy.
Thomas started off with unreliable gyros and therefore prefer to fly within gliding distance of the runway and then perform a glide approach in all weather conditions.
We performed cross wind landings in perfect training conditions (15 to 25 mph cross winds).
Thomas promotes the crab approach, maintain centreline and then kick straight just before touch down. His reasoning for this is the crab approach allow you the best glide ratio and obviously then also the least sink rate, exactly what you require for landing.
This is not the technique that I preferred, but after he took me for a session I felt really comfortable with it and his reasoning made a lot of sense to me.

[BONZAI BELL]

Very interesting . Will definately try it some time soon

[saraf]

How old is Thomas? ...........

[TheBladeRunner]

Interesting , this technique was part of my training, strange it was not in yours?

12 000h , geez this means he had to fly min of 5h a day every day for more than 7 years............... he probably has rotor blades growing out of his back..........

[MAGNIficent]

I was also privilege to get some instruction from Thomas, what an Instructor!!!
Ebie, he is approximate 43 years of age.
This man is so humble, yet one of the most informed and experienced Gyro instructors I have met.
I suggest that we get some cross information sharing from other international instructors, by hosting an Instructors Work Shop with invited international Instructors.

[saraf]

Very good idea,