On Jul 13, 2:31 pm, Orval Fairbairn
wrote:

First of all, if I were landing in a strong crosswind, I would NOT use
full flaps! They aggravate weathervaning and potential loss of control.


This wasn't much crosswind, according to that windsock, though it's
hard to see much with the camera shaking so much. One fault I did see,
though, was the ailerons going to neutral right after the touchdown.
That's a good way to lose the airplane sooner or later. The flight
isn't over just because the wheels are on the pavement, and many an
airplane has been badly bent when the pilot figured he was safely
down. Increasing aileron into the wind, eventually right to the stops,
as the airplane slows is the only way to keep the upwind wing from
lifting. Once it lifts it's hard to regain control. And touch-and-goes
don't teach the hardest part of a crosswind landing, either: the
rollout, where the loss of forward speed increases the crosswind
vector angle and the flight controls lose their authority. The old
Champ was fine in crosswinds up to 15 knots or more, but if you
weren't right up to snuff as it slowed in the rollout, it would bite
you real hard. We lost a Champ when a student wasn't paying attention
right after touchdown and the upwind wing lifted, dragging the
downwind wing on the pavement and turning the airplane out of the wind
and into the rough where it went up on its nose.

Dan