Cross wind landings
Hi all, what are people thoughts on this.
there are basically 2 methods of crosswind landing that I am currently learning, the "crabbed approach" where you approach the runway with the plane yawed into the wind, and then straighten it up just b4 the wheels touch the ground, and the "wing down" method, which involves banking the plane towards the wind, and then applying opposite rudder to keep it straight, with the wheel nearest the wind touching the ground first.
Am finding the crabbed approach much easier, and have pulled it off in cws of 20 kts with fair ease, but cannot for the life of me get the wing down method to work without hopelessly cocking up the landing!
Does anybody else have the same problem?
Is it ok just to rely on the crabbed method, or will the wing down method be required in say a ppl or cpl skill test?
What do u all think about the comparative merits of each method?
Cheers, Rooooooney.