Taking Off with 25kts Winds

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Hello Community!
Few days ago I was taking off from KSAN on TS1, the winds were extremely strong! Before I push backed, I was watching other aircraft trying to take off. Most of the aircraft were either blown off the runway or stalled after take off. So I thought to myself, don’t they know how to take off with strong winds? I loaded my aircraft [A320-200] with around 3,000kg short of MTOW [Maximum Take Off Weight]. So once I was clear for takeoff, I pulled the rudder a tiny bit to the right and then rotated. I was not straight with the departure path but I knew that the wind would straighten me out. So then it straightened me out!

Hope you enjoyed this little tutorial or story! Safe landings [and takeoffs]!

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This is ins’t really a tutorial, but still quite interesting. Crosswind takeoff’s are difficult to master, and can be even trickier than a crosswind landing. However, I am not surprised that TS1 pilots did not manage to takeoff with that sort of wind. They can’t even taxi in a straight line.

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The rudder helps a lot in this situations.

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TS1 pilots are new pilots and most of them cannot takeoff in a weather like this. Experienced pilots used their rudders to takeoff in a 25kts wind. Rudders are useful for a situation like this, as explained by @Captain_Berto

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Rudder help a lot. You need to kick it in the second the nose leafless the ground. Landing with a 20+ knot side wind is tons of fun.

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Most ts1 pilots can’t take off with no wind xD

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When using the rudder, it’s important to move it slowly and not really hard.

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Move the rudder nice and easy.You may kiss the terrain if you bank recklessly. Be gentle with the controls. Then continue with the flight.

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Dont get me started on TS1. I often see people stalling and crashing into mountains, the controllers have no idea what half the stuff means ,will send you on guard when your at FL300,and more

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Landing or taking off with a 10kts + crosswind was impossible for me, until I saw Mark Denton’s spitfire take off and landing video. In that video I figured out that the rudder wasn’t just used for steering the plane on the ground 😂

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I only work with a controller who is an IFC or IFATC on TS1. The others,forget about them

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