This terrible gust of wind makes it impossible for me to take off but not land, especially for light and medium-sized aircraft. Is there any special method?
This terrible gust of wind makes it impossible for me to take off but not land, especially for light and medium-sized aircraft. Is there any special method?
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Hi, Is it true the wind is pushing your nose sideways as you try to take off?
If so, with your thumb on rudder be ready to move the rudder in the direction the wind arrow is leaning to the right or left, as soon as your nose wheel comes up (or lightens contact with the runway).
I tried to reproduce your conditions and the gusts themselves didnāt seem to cause too much problem - I mostly held constant rudder.
The recommendation is usually to practice this many times on solo to get a feeling for how much rudder (guesstimating from the wind arrow angle and wind speed).
edit: btw, I just noticed, in the title you said āhard to landā but in your opening message you said
So, Iām a bit confused now if you meant landing or takeoff?
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I mean Landingļ½
Thank you. The crosswind landing tutorial video is very helpful:
I set up your wind conditions (including the 30kt gusts), with light load, also putting in moderate turbulence the last couple times.
If you mostly follow the tutorial recommendations, any of those changes in wind can be handled by just flying the average of the changes. In other words, the gusts seem very manageable (even with a light aircraft) as long as your crosswind technique is well practiced.
Setting winds in solo mode and using the short final function over and over until you get fluent with the feel is the best way to practice.
OK, Iāll try again. Thanks you 
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