ORIGINAL: Popriv
[[[ I've learned you have to be careful not to turn too sharp downwind in a high wind. She'll stall if your airspeed isn't well over wind speed. It's especially important on your downwind leg of landing. Not much altitude at that point. ]]]]
Ahhh I see, turn with a 15 mph wind and I loose 15 mph airspeed? Hadnt thought of that.. Maybe that was what I was experiencing. Like I said, 1st time flying in any wind...
Steve
Well, technically that's not exactly correct. That would only happen if the airplane has a
lot of inertia. Our models typically don't. In reality, our models typically just maintain the status quo with the only difference noticable to the pilot being the groundspeed will dramatically increase when turning downwind.