Hi,
I'm getting ready to sit the GFPT.
I was performing a Precautionary Search & Landing when I realised I was late in turning left from the upwind leg onto the crosswind leg. As a result I applied a little more rudder than I normally would to assist the roll & increase the turn rate (to the left). In doing so I skidded & found the Turn Indicator ball to be out to the left.
For such a scenario, my textbook states that: "if the ball is out to the left, more left rudder is needed" (to recover from the skid). Although this is what I did, my instructor said that I was cross-crontrolling (side-slipping) & that it is very unsafe, & hence I need to practice this more during a remedial lesson.
My questions:
1. What is the best recovery method if I were to find myself in this situation again?
2. Seeing as this manouvre is to be carried at 80 KT (& 10 degrees of flap), much closer to stall speed than a normal MLT, I can understand that cross-controlling can be much more dangerous. So would it be fair to assume that cross-controlling is much more tolerable at higher speeds, i.e. MLT ~ 100 KT?
Cheers,
Ben
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