21-11-2006, 09:34 AM
Ceemosp,
Actually, Ty-154 ops manual is very explicit about rudder use... You turn on the yaw dampfer before takeoff and you are all set. The flight
control system will coordinate your turns for you. As for crosswind landings, Ty-154 drivers do not use rudder, they keep a more or less
constant crab angle and then they might do a little course correction by banking the aircraft. But, since the CG in the Ty-154 is so far
forward of the main gear, the aircraft tends to line up with the runway immediately upon touchdown all by intself. And only then the
pilot applies some pedal. I don't rightly know about the Boeings, and I suspect that the situation is very similar with them as well, but
using the rudder in a Tu-154 can lead to a virtually unrecoverable spin. Like I said, a Tu-154 driver never touches the pedals in flight.
Actually, Ty-154 ops manual is very explicit about rudder use... You turn on the yaw dampfer before takeoff and you are all set. The flight
control system will coordinate your turns for you. As for crosswind landings, Ty-154 drivers do not use rudder, they keep a more or less
constant crab angle and then they might do a little course correction by banking the aircraft. But, since the CG in the Ty-154 is so far
forward of the main gear, the aircraft tends to line up with the runway immediately upon touchdown all by intself. And only then the
pilot applies some pedal. I don't rightly know about the Boeings, and I suspect that the situation is very similar with them as well, but
using the rudder in a Tu-154 can lead to a virtually unrecoverable spin. Like I said, a Tu-154 driver never touches the pedals in flight.
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