"Robert M. Gary" <N7093v@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Slipping has been used for crosswind technique long before crab&kick.
The crab&kick was only made possible by the invention of the
nosewheel.
-Robert
No, I learned about both methods in my primary training,
all of which was on what was then called "conventional-gear".
That was even before the Tri-Pacer, to sort of put a date to it.
Of course, the Ercoupe did have tri-gear then, but no rudder pedals,
so slipping was not an option for it.
Maybe that's why you associate "crab & kick" with nosewheels?
(Except that would be kind of an odd description of "kick". :-)
The most fun was my time in Cessna 180s and 195s with crosswind gear.
We could land them in astounding crab angles and still roll along =
centerline.
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