跑道。但倘若转得太晚,飞机的起落架在接触地面时仍没有对齐跑道,可能会因而损坏或折断,严重时可以导致飞机撞毁。就算飞机师是在适当的时间扭转机头,飞机在蟹形角度减少之后会短时间随风向侧飞,令起落架无可避免需要吸收一定侧向的负载。
由于蟹形进场存在著相当的风险,很多机师只会在降落的初段使用蟹形进场。当飞机下降至较低高度后,则改用侧滑进场的方法,直至完成著陆。这种结合的进场方法称为“蟹形及侧滑进场”。
侧滑进场
使用侧滑进场,飞机同时使用副翼及方向舵补偿因为侧风而出现的偏差。
简单来说,方向舵是用来把飞机的飞行方向调整至同跑道方向对齐,而副翼则用作将飞机维持在跑道中间线之上。在这种侧滑的飞行状态下,飞机带有一定坡度,向侧风来流方向倾斜,用机翼升力的横向分量来抵消侧风影响。
因为侧滑会令乘客稍感不适,亦增加飞机进入尾旋(Spin)的可能,故此飞机一般不会在整个下降过程都使用侧滑。多数的机师都喜欢在降落的前段先使用蟹型进场,直至到快将接触跑道前才转成为侧滑。转变方法是透过方向舵,将飞机的机头与跑道方向对齐。蟹型角度消失以后,飞机会被风吹离跑道中央线;所以机师会同时使用副翼,将飞机转至侧滑状态,补偿侧风的推力。这种姿态要一直保持,直至飞机完全降落地面。著陆时,飞机会带有一定坡度。
因此当侧风太大或飞机的接地坡度受限制较大(例如机翼较长或外挂发动机离地太近)时,不能完全采用侧滑法着陆。
747和B52
部分大型飞机机翼下挂的引擎和地面十分接近。使用侧滑进场时,向下的机翼尖及引擎可能会碰到地面,因而限制了侧滑的角度。波音747即是一例,由于发动机布局的原因,其接地坡度不能大于8度,所以波音公司不建议飞机师在最大侧风超过20海里/小时的情况下以侧滑进场,但747起落架的设计可以容许著陆时的蟹形角度达到45°。美国的B-52同温层堡垒轰炸机由于机翼很长,更需要在整个降落过程中使用蟹形进场。它的起落架特别设计成可以转向。飞机师在接触到地面前可以先将它转到与跑道方向对齐。
记得以前教科书上说,修正侧风有两种办法,通俗的讲就是蹬舵或者侧倾单轮着陆,客机进近的时候如果以为的侧倾,比较难掌握降落的横向位置和乘客会感到不安,所以一般采用蹬舵,所以机身与跑道成的夹角很大,但是进近的最后阶段,接地的时候,因为重型客机像777、744,靠稍微的侧倾就可以修正侧风了,所以飞行员一般就在最后一霎那让机轮单侧着地,但是机头与磁航向基本保持一致.
Airliner landing technique
Did you ever intentionally land with the crab angle intact?
It's a fact F16 can be crab landed with a max crosswind of 25
knots.
An F-16 is a very different beast than an air transport jet.
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Here's an explanation by a highly qualified (F-4G, F-16, and B-52)
USAF
pilot:
'
In landing the B-52 with its very long
wings, it is imperative to
have the wings level through touchdown, the landing 'trucks'
aligned
with the runway, and the aircraft fuselage crabbed in to the
wind.
On final approach, the crew notes
the wind speed and direction
and, using a handy 'crosswind landing chart,' computes the number
of
degrees that the landing 'trucks' must be offset to ensure they
are
aligned down the runway on landing. Then the pilot or copilot
reaches
down to a mechanism sitting between the pilots and 'dials in'
the
appropriate number of degrees of offset for the trucks. This
procedure
is accomplished for EVERY landing.
As I recall, normal (non wartime)
procedures routinely allowed
for 20 degrees of offset. More offset is possible but
slightly
uncomfortable for the new pilot making such a
landing as he
will not be
looking straight ahead at touchdown but rather he will be looking
toward
his left or right shoulder.'
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Quoting from my PanAm B-707 Flight Manual
' CROSSWIND LANDINGS
Make a normal approach. Maintain runway alignment by
crabbing. Before touchdown, gradually remove as much
of the crab as possible with rudder. It may be
necessary
to land with some crab angle if the crosswind is high.
This presents no problem if the angle is not excessive
and the flightpath is aligned with the runway.
CAUTION
Touchdown with a large crab angle and the wings level
may result in a rapid rising of the upwind wing and
may
cause an engine nacelle to drag on the runway.
Bob Moore
PanAm (retired)
17 years in the grand old 707
6
years as 707 instructor/check airman
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> I can't speak to the 747 or 777, but I can the 767 and L-1011.
There is
> always controversy about it, but the truth is in watching the
autopilot do
> an auto-land.
It's all crab until about 150 feet, HAT,
where the autopilot
> goes into align mode; that is it transitions from crab to wing
down into the
> wind with a slight amount of upwind rudder.
This last
throughout the flare
^^^^^^
downwind rudder, surely.
CV
Correct, downwind rudder and upwind aileron.
If I am landing
on Runway 27 and the
wind is from 360 at 25, the left foot will be on the rudder and the
control wheel
will be to the right. ;-)