Whenever I see a video of a place landing, the pilot has one hand on the steering thing which is moving back and forth like crazy. Are planes basically landing themselves? How do the pilots adjust for wind etc?
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Slower you are, less effect the air has on your control surfaces. For example at 450 knots barely moving rudder will give begin to turn you. At 150 knots in order to get the same amount of force applied to the surface you have to make a much larger movement to ‘grab’ more air. So movements have to be more exaggerated slower you go. Play the airplane game with your hand out a window while riding in a car. 20mph vs 65mph gives you an idea of this.
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