Originally Posted by
Judd
Maybe that is true for the real aircraft. But in one 737 simulator I fly this is not necessarily so. For example with the simulator, taking off with a substantial crosswind component from the right, even with the appropriate amount of aileron held to the right, left rudder will be needed to maintain the centreline. That is normal of course. As soon as the aircraft is lifted off the ground the simulator initially rolls/yaw markedly to the left possibly due to left rudder not being instantly removed. Then split seconds later some rudder and aileron juggling takes place to ensure the aircraft turns slightly to the right to track the extended centreline.
I don't recall that happening in a real 737 although that could be because we rarely experienced 35 knot crosswinds in my part of the world. Could be a fidelity problem in the simulator ?
I don't know if the OP is trying to fly an airplane or a simulator, but I answered in the context of flying an airplane. With almost 10,000 hours and over 500 takeoffs and landings in most versions of the 747 (includes -8 and LCF; no -100 or SP), I'm rather familiar with the handling characteristics. Not all versions handle exactly the same, but they are similar enough in this context. Granted, a lot of it becomes "muscle memory" (maybe another term for "air sense" here), and there is no set procedure or guide line for how quickly to relax the controls and allow it to fly off on the correct runway track.
A takeoff in a 35 kt crosswind is certainly not routine, and beyond the limits for many operations, so it is not the benchmark for citing useful techniques. Rather, what works in a more typical 10-15 kt crosswind should be the focus of discussion; then anyone is free to extrapolate from there.