So if you're ever crash landing an airplane in a crop field you want to land perpendicular to the rows so you can use the...
So if you’re ever crash landing an airplane in a crop field you want to land perpendicular to the rows so you can use the furrows as sacrificial speed bumps; in line with them I guess works minus that slowdown but try to land deep enough furrows at a too-shallow angle and it’ll catch your wheels and flip you