God know that feelling, just back from a Spin ride..
Round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round.. rrr eee cccc ooo vvv eee rrrr
Ahh it's all good fun, and as for cutting off 172's, hey that why god invented the side slip
And yes the max Demonstrated X wind is 17Kt's its not
actually a limit.... however..... the things stop on a dime just land across the strip
Cheers
Wombat