Originally Posted by Send Clowns
This would not be a case for a rule of thumb, as for landing you will only require the crosswind component not the drift angle, and clearly here the crosswind is 25 knots. You do not fly a calculated heading on final, but a heading constantly adjusted to keep the centreline. Are you asking about landing wind components or about drift on a naviation leg? They are different although they can use one of the same techniques (the clock-face rule).
Send Clowns: Perhaps you could elaborate more on this, 'clock-face rule' sir? And correct me if I'm wrong, but from what you're saying there, we can actually apply drift corrections (just as we would for each navigational leg in a cross-country sortie) to fly centerline? And is that also how it goes for correcting aircraft attitude during landings in referrence to wind directions and speeds? I've thought of that concept before, but I guess I require further clarification on this matter before I go shooting blanks at my instructor.
Keygrip: Yes sir, that has already been done and he now requires me to initiate corrections during landings whenever there is a particular crosswind in effect. Yes, as a student pilot, our Xwind limitations would be no more than 20kts max, but I do require this application for further flights and to satisfy my current instructor's question/assignment to me.