Remove Center of Gravity Remove Crosswind Remove Firewall
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Approachable Excellence

Plane and Pilot

You can see other Weick influences, such as the oil-damped tricycle landing gearall produced Cherokees are trikeswith a wide track to make crosswind landings more manageable. Even though the CFI immediately firewalled the throttle, a wingtip hit the ground and ended the flight. The student then closed the throttle.

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Nothing Small About It

Plane and Pilot

Combining the Gweduck’s advanced hull with its counter-rotating propellers means differential power allows crosswind water taxiing impossible in floatplanes along with higher hull-in-water taxiing speeds. “We Pretty much the only metal parts are the landing gear legs, stainless firewalls, engine mounts, engines and hardware.