crosswind - gaah

Hey Hinch,

Using the rudder should help a lot, and don't forget to use the rudder trim if the wind is constant so you can concentrate on aligning yourself with the runway.

Try not to bank too much, because as you said , you will hit the runway with one side of the aircrafts gear, possibly damaging or collapsing it.

If you are using rudder, at about 50 feet above the runway, make sure you center the rudder so you don't land at an angle to the runway or again, you could burst tyres or damage the gear The same goes for using bank. When you are 50 feet above the runway, make sure you reduce bank to make for a smoother landing as possible. Don't do this too high or you will centre the controls and then the wind will push you off course again

Good luck 😉

That's exactly what I wanted to say, but I'd like to add that landing on the side gears is no problem at all. In real life, they are strong enough to hold the aircraft's weight, so one of the techniques is to land while correcting for crosswind with a bank.

Think of flying a course in a cross wind, you have to adjust your heading to get where you want to go. Landing in a crosswind is no different. Adjust you heading to compensate for the cross wind. Looking out the nose the plane will appear to be going to one side or the other, but in reality the plane is crabbing towards the runway. When you flair for your landing kick in enough rudder to line the plane up with the runway and you may also have to use a little opposite aileron to keep the wings level. If all goes well it's a perfect landing.

i've got crabbing down to a tee in my fokker 70 or 100, but the 737-800 is driving me nuts. they're not exactly hugely different in size so it's a bit annoying.

oh well, more practise.

All planes are affected by crosswinds, why that doesn't work with the 737 I don't know.