To all coupers I’ll throw in my 2 cents worth on crosswind landings. Where we live in western Ne. we get a lot of wind and it comes up fast and isn’t always down the runways you can use, so to get down you have to land crosswind.
After a number of experiences of the upwind wing go high and looking at the runway over the cowl we tried something different on landing in strong crosswind. When establishing the crab on final we would let it drift to the downwind side of the runway (actually a little more crosswind) and than at touchdown we would than have to correct by turning into the wind thus keeping the upwind wing locked on the ground. We than had level control. If you doubt this look what your ailerons do when you turn downwind. That’s right they lift the upwind wing even more. Go the opposite and it brings it down, but if you landed to much into the wind you can’t as it will take you off the runway fast, as has been previously been stated. As to taxiing in strong crosswind.. Three of us in Ercoupes had to taxi about a 3/4 mile in a 57 mph. 90 degree crosswind to get to the active runway at Stapalton in Denver. We did it by lots of power and brakes. Needless to say, when we turned into the wind to take off we didn’t roll very far and we were up. Just saying it works for us. Jim & Jeff Phelps N2749H Sidney, NE (Home of Cabelas’, Worlds Foremost Outfitter)
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