Microburst

[Kristoffer Aspen]

Hello fellow airmen!

Today I encountered a microburst for the first time ever since I started simming.
I was 10Nm out of runway 24 EDDK and airspeed increased by 50kts then came the downdraft and then the tailwind of 50kts.

I barely managed to keep my Embraer 195 steady during the event.

Blue skies, Kristoffer

 

[Barthe Hogenboom]

Hi, Kristoffer. Yes, the sim can still surprise you. I once had a flight where the plane constantly wanted to go to the left at cruise level. Like I applied full rudder, but I didn't. It couldn't fly on AP and I had to make an emergency landing. It never happened again and I still don't know what caused it. Some mystery...

 

[Kristoffer Aspen]

Hi Barthe!

That sounds like a really unpleasant event and to not even know why? :?

 

[Tom Weber]

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[Kristoffer Aspen]

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Now that was some serious wind from nowhere!

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Video on how to counter a microburst . A bit old video but really good instructions.