The CrossWind Take-off and Landing (FAR)

[Darren9]

Did you make your tailplane and rudder twice as big and twice as big again? You might need it in a heavy crosswind. This is a challenge to take-off and land in a crosswind, all you need to do is take-off, turn around, and land in the opposite direction - With the highest crosswind you can manage.

You must take off and land on the runway, if you're blown onto the grass it doesn't count.

Craft must finish in one piece.

You must set either North or South wind direction (90* crosswind) and the wind-speed before you take-off.

You must use an aircraft landing gear (stock/B9/KAX/Baha/FireSpitter/ect.). No low grip wheels.

Any reasonably balanced mods. Any pilot aids you think may help.

Must be a rear-thrusting aircraft, no vertical lift engines.

You'll need FAR installed and DaMichel's basic wind mod (needs Blizzy Toolbar), it makes a constant wind in a fixed direction, not entirely realistic but with random wind it'll be hard to compare flights.

Download KerbalWind (put it in GameData)

Github Page

Forum Page

Some prestigious titles may be gained in the following windspeed categories.

0 - 2 m/s I do fly rockets well though

3 - 5 m/s My other car is just another car

6 - 10 m/s My other car is a Cessna

11 - 15 m/s My other car is a Learjet

16 - 20 m/s The certified flight instructor

21 - 30 m/s You can call me Maverick (from Top Gun) (it's an old Tom Cruise movie) (he played an ace pilot)

31+ m/s Did someone say a Hurricane is coming?

Here is my jet being blown on its side in a mere 90mph breeze, hardly even a Category 2 hurricane, I think it just needs a bit more fuel to weigh it down.

Voculus - 14m/s - My other car is a Learjet

Edited January 19, 2015 by Darren9

[Voculus]

I'm definitely going to give this a whirl when I get home from work. Some wind speed categories would be nice, though. Something approaching realistic, with the hurricane winds on the upper end of the scale. =)

[Darren9]

I'm definitely going to give this a whirl when I get home from work. Some wind speed categories would be nice, though. Something approaching realistic, with the hurricane winds on the upper end of the scale. =)

Good idea, I added some titles to attain and I'll make a list of entrants in the op. Welcome to the Crosswind Challenge

[Voculus]

Had some successes (and by that, I mean just one) and some failures. The heavier planes seem to fair better. Once they're flat on the runway, the wind throws lighter planes around like kites.

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[Wanderfound]

The heavier planes seem to fair better. Once they're flat on the runway, the wind throws lighter planes around like kites.

To stop this turning into a contest of "who can build the heaviest plane?", perhaps some sort of control test vehicle might be in order? Make a basic, uncomplicated small plane and post the design; see who can land that plane in the highest wind.

[Darren9]

I did think a small plane wouldn't do so well but I'd like it to be a "bring your own" type challenge, that and you don't want my FAR planes. The B-52 had steerable rear wheels so you could land sideways in a crosswind - I might try that. Well done Voculus, you made first place!