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  requirements of 
  dissipating 
  There will be a maximum design landing 
  weight specified for each airpIane and this 
  limitation must be respected because of 
  loads, arresting loads, or 
  critical 
  brake requirements. Of course, any air- 
  plane will have a limiting 
  touchdown rate 
  of descent specified with the maximum land- 
  ing weight and the principal landing load 
  limitations will be defined by the combina- 
  tion. of gross weight and rate of descent at 
  touchdown. 
  
  landing 
  
  The steep, low power approach leads to an 
  exce.rsive rate of descent and the possibility of a 
  hard landing. This is particularly 
  the case 
  for the modern, low aspect ratio, swept wing 
  airplane configuration which incurs very large 
  induced drag at low speeds and does not have 
  very conventional 
  flare characteristics. For 
  this type of airplane in a steep, low power 
  approach, an increased angle of attack without 
  a change of power setting may not cause a 
  reduction of rate of descent and may even in- 
  crease the rate of descent at touchdown. For 
  this reason, a moderate stabilized approach is 
  necessary and the principal changes in rate of 
  descent must be controlled by changes in power 
  setting and principal changes in airspeed must 
  be controlled by changes in angle of attack. 
  
  (2) The surface winds must be considered 
  because of the large effect of a headwind or 
  tailwind OR the landing distance. 
  In the 
  case of the crosswind, the component of 
  wind along the runway will be the effective 
  headwind or tailwind velocity. Also, the 
  crosswind component across the runway will 
  define certain requirements of lateral control 
  power. The airplane which exhibirs large 
  dihedral effect at high 
  lift coefficients is 
  quite sensitive to crosswind and a limiting 
  crosswind component will be defined for the 
  configuration. 