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Originally Posted by tgrayson  Supposedly, it the maximum encountered crosswind during flight testing. I'm skeptical that this is the entire story, though. Seems a little coincidental that the maximum wind encountered during testing is so close among aircraft of the same market segment. My suspicion is that the flight testers seek out particular wind velocities that are sufficient for marketing purposes and have little motivation to put the airplane to its limits. |
Max
demonstrated crosswind in the B-777 is 38 knots...
We did it in the simulator last night; 38 knots 90 degrees off of runway heading and it landed just fine!
Kevin