Farmboy
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Middlebury, VT
As I was chasing airplanes and flying barn doors this morning, it struck me that some NASA guy or other Aerodynamic Engineer from any number of startup aircraft companies must have examined the effects of fuselage design on an aircraft's crosswind component. A quick google on the subject did not net me much results, so in geek like fashion I'll throw this out to all of you to discuss.
- Do you feel that fuselage design has a great impact on crosswind?
Shorts 330 vs an oval shaped Beech 1900? (unknown vs 25 knots)
Flat sided Beaver vs a round sided 206? (Apples and Oranges here, but POH shows 10 kt max vs 20 kt max respectively, whereas the 185 seems to call out 12 kt max demonstrated.... so darn close to the Beaver)
- The mighty AN-2 has a "tolerable" crosswind component of 8 kts.
- What have you flown that was noticeably better or worse than others?
- What did you attribute it to? Rudder? Fuselage side profile? Fuselage length? Roll control/authority? Gear width?
Throw it out here and bash it around.
pb
- Do you feel that fuselage design has a great impact on crosswind?
Shorts 330 vs an oval shaped Beech 1900? (unknown vs 25 knots)
Flat sided Beaver vs a round sided 206? (Apples and Oranges here, but POH shows 10 kt max vs 20 kt max respectively, whereas the 185 seems to call out 12 kt max demonstrated.... so darn close to the Beaver)
- The mighty AN-2 has a "tolerable" crosswind component of 8 kts.
- What have you flown that was noticeably better or worse than others?
- What did you attribute it to? Rudder? Fuselage side profile? Fuselage length? Roll control/authority? Gear width?
Throw it out here and bash it around.
pb
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