I haven't heard anyone address an airspeed adjustment for the gust factor during a crosswind landing. In many aircraft operating manuals, adding half the gust to your computed final approach airspeed is recommended. Sounds like a smart thing to do.
And I am still not impressed by the crosswind handling characteristics of the Ercoupe. The tendency for the aircraft to weathervane into a strong crosswind durning takeoff/landing roll requires an opposite (downwind) application of yoke steering force to steer the nosewheel and keep the aircraft moving straight down the runway. That same control input lowers the aileron on the upwind wing which increases the lift on that wing. If and when the upwind wing rises under this circumstance, any attempt to lower the wing by applying aileron to decrease the bank also turns the nosewheel into the wind and a rapid turn into the crosswind occurs. Just hope you have enough speed to become airborne before you depart the hard surface and remember to say to yourself, "Hold er' Newt, she smells alfalfa". Bart
