« Reply #16 on: October 17, 2005, 04:50:26 PM »
Originally posted by Gunslinger
And that little black dial aft of the throttles. That's the "crab dial" do to speak.....changes the Yaw of the Buff on approach to compinsate for cross wind. Not to many 8 engined planes out there nowadays.
Actually the dial changes the direction of the landing gear so they will line up with the runway even if the plane is crabbing due to a cross-wind.
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