Watch this l33t Airbus A380 Sideway landing in 55km/h crosswind!

[Qianglong]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bc1cab7f5c

Look at that clumsy whale compared to a smaller jet!

 

[Nohr]

Do they give out a complementary clean pair of pants?

 

[Baked]

Damn, those sideway landings are just jaw dropping. How the F do you do that?!

 

[daniel1113]

Not nearly as severe as some of the 747 crosswind landings that have been posted, but pretty amazing nonetheless. That thing is definitely a whale.

EDIT: I would like to see a video clip from inside the cockpit during one of these landings.

 

[funboy6942]

I didnt see leet I saw damn good piloting. Any landing you walking away from is a good one, and just because there is a lot of wind you still have to land at some point.

 

[Vic]

That was the computer landing the plane there, not the pilot.

I've been in a plane doing crosswind landings like that, more than once. A bit too exciting for my tastes.

 

[dethman]

it's like flying an orca.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: Baked
Damn, those sideway landings are just jaw dropping. How the F do you do that?!

It's the same principle that causes the aircraft to turn. While it appears to be going sideways, it's still moving forward at approximately 180 knots. They utilize the aliarons to balance the plane as it glides, preferably into the wind. Once, it gets within 10-15 feet of the ground, they're able to straighten it up and land on the runway...the wheels dig in and keep it going in a straight line after it lands.

 

[KaChow]

Originally posted by: Nohr
Do they give out a complementary clean pair of pants?

I know I'd be pissing my pants. I'd probably need at least two clean pairs.

 

[StevenYoo]

wow.

Why don't they just make the runways out of marshmallow or something? No landing skills would be needed!

 

[Heisenberg]

I was in a puddle jumper turboprop that did one of those landings during a snowstorm. It's really the only time that I've been on a plane where I could feel the yaw.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi

Originally posted by: Baked
Damn, those sideway landings are just jaw dropping. How the F do you do that?!

It's the same principle that causes the aircraft to turn. While it appears to be going sideways, it's still moving forward at approximately 180 knots. They utilize the aliarons to balance the plane as it glides, preferably into the wind. Once, it gets within 10-15 feet of the ground, they're able to straighten it up and land on the runway...the wheels dig in and keep it going in a straight line after it lands.

Ok I land in Flight Simulator, having played 1998, 2000 and 2004. I line up the ILS and I just pretty much watch my glidescope. The most wind I've dealt with was 10 kts and never a direct crosswind. By then I don't land small 737s anymore, and i play with bigger 767s, 777s so that the wind doesn't screw me over. In either case with wind I get totally screwed. I don't know how the hell you calculate what angle to come in. Sure you're moving forward at 180 knots but with 55 km/h crosswinds, you need to be several miles to the side as you approach, and I'm just used to coming down the center.

 

[Kanalua]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Ok I land in Flight Simulator, having played 1998, 2000 and 2004. I line up the ILS and I just pretty much watch my glidescope. The most wind I've dealt with was 10 kts and never a direct crosswind. By then I don't land small 737s anymore, and i play with bigger 767s, 777s so that the wind doesn't screw me over. In either case with wind I get totally screwed. I don't know how the hell you calculate what angle to come in. Sure you're moving forward at 180 knots but with 55 km/h crosswinds, you need to be several miles to the side as you approach, and I'm just used to coming down the center.

I'm going to try this...I am going to crash...

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: daniel1113
EDIT: I would like to see a video clip from inside the cockpit during one of these landings.

I wouldn't mind hearing the audio from the cockpit, too .

 

[George P Burdell]

Old Hong Kong airport + crosswind >> *

 

[Savij]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi

Originally posted by: Baked
Damn, those sideway landings are just jaw dropping. How the F do you do that?!

It's the same principle that causes the aircraft to turn. While it appears to be going sideways, it's still moving forward at approximately 180 knots. They utilize the aliarons to balance the plane as it glides, preferably into the wind. Once, it gets within 10-15 feet of the ground, they're able to straighten it up and land on the runway...the wheels dig in and keep it going in a straight line after it lands.

Ok I land in Flight Simulator, having played 1998, 2000 and 2004. I line up the ILS and I just pretty much watch my glidescope. The most wind I've dealt with was 10 kts and never a direct crosswind. By then I don't land small 737s anymore, and i play with bigger 767s, 777s so that the wind doesn't screw me over. In either case with wind I get totally screwed. I don't know how the hell you calculate what angle to come in. Sure you're moving forward at 180 knots but with 55 km/h crosswinds, you need to be several miles to the side as you approach, and I'm just used to coming down the center.

I was flying an f-14 (obviously in flight-sim) on a predetermined flight plan when i noticed I was pointing almost 45 degrees from the runway yet flying striaght at it. Only when I got on the ground did I have a chance to check and see that I had a 25mph crosswind with gusts up to 45. I was surprised how nice it looked on the replay.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
Old Hong Kong airport + crosswind >> *

Even without a crosswind the landings into Kai-Tak were insane.

 

[NogginBoink]

Originally posted by: Kanalua

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Ok I land in Flight Simulator, having played 1998, 2000 and 2004. I line up the ILS and I just pretty much watch my glidescope. The most wind I've dealt with was 10 kts and never a direct crosswind. By then I don't land small 737s anymore, and i play with bigger 767s, 777s so that the wind doesn't screw me over. In either case with wind I get totally screwed. I don't know how the hell you calculate what angle to come in. Sure you're moving forward at 180 knots but with 55 km/h crosswinds, you need to be several miles to the side as you approach, and I'm just used to coming down the center.

I'm going to try this...I am going to crash...

No, you don't come in miles to the side. You come in straight down the centerline, but crab (yaw) into the wind. So the fuselage is not parallel with the runway, but your flight path is.

The other way is to do a slip: roll (ailerons) into the wind, but then yaw (rudder) to keep the fuselage in line with the centerline of the runway. You'll come in straight down the centerline with a higher-than-normal sink rate. With a low-wing airplane in high crosswinds you'll have to be careful of hitting a wingtip.

In either case, straighten out just as you touch down.

 

[squirrel dog]

Pilot and co pilot get an A+ from the Dog.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I still love watching the B-52's do that, because all of thier wheels turn and they don't have to do that straighten out thing until after they touch down. It ends up looking like they're drifting a barn.