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Old 09-01-2019, 03:00 AM
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Chris Nicastro
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Had a tough day with the Hellcat today!
We had a 90 degree crosswind on the runway as I started to take off. Just as I was adding power to get going after the initial roll it veered to the right, with the wind, unexpectedly. I cut power, held full left rudder, but it wasn’t enough and the momentum took over. We have a fence along the side of the runway and of coarse I put the wing into a post.
I cut power to avoid adding more energy to an already predictably bad situation but now I’m thinking maybe I should have added power and just had a sketchy take off.

Just an off day...