Crosswind Gross Weight Weight-Shift-Control 
Plane and Pilot
MAY 3, 2025
Lets go back to that time in postwar GA when the sands shifted quickly. 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. There were 23 runway loss of control (RLOC) events. Two came after takeoff.
Pilot Institute
MAY 4, 2024
Aircraft Weight and Limitations An aircraft’s weight affects inertia and stopping distance. The POH lists landing distances for specific gross weights. Smaller aircraft may only have short field landing distances for maximum gross weight. This is because there is less airflow over the control surfaces.
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