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Alchemy · February 24th, 2003, 11:54

I don't have any experience in the tomahawk, but in a 172 I'd definitely do it assuming the crosswind component for the runway headings at every airport I intended to use weren't forecast to exceed 15 knots (or the max. acceptable for the aircraft).

I flew from austin to dallas the other day with winds at 22G30, but they were blowing within at least 20 degrees of the runway headings at every airport I was going to use.

Takeoffs and Landings were really no problem, I just had to be careful during taxi and position the flight controls appropriately. I could really feel it when the plane was traveling perpendicular to the wind on the taxiway, but overall it was really no big deal.

All this said, if I only had about 100 hours or so I probably wouldn't have tried it.

February 24th, 2003, 11:54	#9
Alchemy Old Skool Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Austin, TX, USA Posts: 1,752	Re: What Would YOU Do? I don't have any experience in the tomahawk, but in a 172 I'd definitely do it assuming the crosswind component for the runway headings at every airport I intended to use weren't forecast to exceed 15 knots (or the max. acceptable for the aircraft). I flew from austin to dallas the other day with winds at 22G30, but they were blowing within at least 20 degrees of the runway headings at every airport I was going to use. Takeoffs and Landings were really no problem, I just had to be careful during taxi and position the flight controls appropriately. I could really feel it when the plane was traveling perpendicular to the wind on the taxiway, but overall it was really no big deal. All this said, if I only had about 100 hours or so I probably wouldn't have tried it.