"Dan" wrote in message
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I am flaring with my left hand (right hand on the throttle), so
probably crank the yoke to the left a bit...

For what it's worth, if you get into the habit of, when over the runway,
always correcting drift with aileron, and correcting heading with rudder,
the problem you're experiencing will go away naturally (and I think it's
likely that "P S" has correctly identified the issue). Even if you do
accidently pull the yoke a bit left while flaring, as soon as the airplane
starts to drift your natural reaction will (should) be to compensate with
some right aileron, which will negate the accidental left aileron you put in
in the first place.

Obviously there are times when heading is the appropriate correction for
drift, but by the time you are ready to touch down on the runway, you *must*
have the nose of the airplane aligned with the runway. The rudder is used
for that. Likewise, you *must* compensate for any drift, so that the
airplane is tracking straight down the runway. The aileron is used for
that.

You may recognize these control inputs as being the same for one method of
dealing with crosswinds. Of course, even in the "crab and kick-out"
method, you do at the very end, just before touching down, use the controls
in just this way. So it's perfectly reasonable to just always get in the
habit of controlling the airplane just before touchdown in this way.

In addition (not that this seems to be the issue you're dealing with), while
one should be careful to not overcontrol the airplane, and while in cruise
flight it often makes sense to let light turbulence just have its way with
the airplane (many gusts are corrected by another gust that comes along
right after...chasing the gusts with the flight controls is inefficient and
tiring ), during landing is no time to let the airplane get away from
you. If you get pushed one direction, be sure to get the plane controlled
back the other direction ASAP, all the while keeping the nose aligned with
the rudder.

Pete