Takeoffs and Landings with quartering Tailwind….
Asked by: TimRER 6261 views Aerodynamics, Commercial Pilot, Flight Instructor, General Aviation, Private Pilot, Student Pilot, Weather
Obviously frowned upon, and yes, the easy/smart answer is to NOT takeoff in the first place. But I'm speaking strictly aerodynamics and technique here.
But at some airports, such as larger airports where runway selection is not up to YOU, and airports where you can only land one direction, and depart in the opposite direction...what is the "proper" or safest yoke placement for taking off with a quartering tailwind.
Lets say a quartering LEFT tailwind.
Do you place left aileron up? Down? Neutral? Start off Up, through neutral as you rotate, and then aileron down (or vice versa)?
Is the elevator neutral? Up? Down?
Does the same apply for landing? I seem to recall landing with a left quartering tailwind and touching down right rudder (aligned with runway), and left aileron up. If above statement is accurate, when rolling out on landing and slowing to taxi speed, when would it be okay to switch over to the dive away method (as published everywhere)?
FAA airplane flying handbook doesn't seem to address this (at least not the version I have). I can't seem to find any good/reliable/sensible answers anywhere and have driven myself crazy going around in circles with this question.
What say you?
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