Hi Lemurian,
Yeah, I remember coming into Kai Tek using Rwy 13 IGS with a strong Xwind from over the hills.
With our freighter aircraft, coming back from Japan very empty, we found fairly quickly, that when we slowed to normal Vref40 speeds, the amount of correction required to counter the Xwind was tooo much, as you say, full aireron (+spoiler) deflection, and then we waited for a reaction.
We found that using Vref 30, flaps 30, was a much better option, the extra airspeed worked well!
Still think the -300 was easily the best!!
Cheers
