How to do crosswind landings?

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Well now i have finally mastered landing in clean weather, however now i would like to learn how to do so in crosswind landings? do i have to trim the ailerons, rudder? or just change direction? thanks

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Guest wrote:

Well now i have finally mastered landing in clean weather, however now i would like to learn how to do so in crosswind landings? do i have to trim the ailerons, rudder? or just change direction? thanks

No, you don't use rudder or aileron trim to land with a crosswind. The procedure is covered in the Learning Center within Flight Simulator. 🙂

http://www.4p8.com/eric.brasseur/flight_simulator_tutorial.html#landingwind

Guest Ed Guest

Very carefully. 😂

You might want to read the "Exciting Flight Simulator Flights" thread to learn how NOT to land a small plane in a crosswind! 😉

Ed

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pilatflyr First Officer

it's pretty fun. I'll usually just have the plane localise until I hit the threshold

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nottobe Captain

Guest wrote:

Well now i have finally mastered landing in clean weather, however now i would like to learn how to do so in crosswind landings? do i have to trim the ailerons, rudder? or just change direction? thanks

I always do wing-low approach when theres cross wind. Just bank into the wind, then apply opposite rudder, so the plane just goes crabbing rather than turning. But whats hard is the wind doesnt blow at you with a constant speed, you have to constantly adjust to the wind gusts. sometimes if you are not compensating correctly you are simply blown off or overshoot the course.....
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