Piltdown Man: Good point. Thats something that I have totally forgot about.
Jimmy The Big Greek: I love the Duchess already! Out of curiosity, with no significant crosswind, all engines, what speeds do you use for the approach with flaps? I use 85kt final and 80kt threshold for all engines and asymmetric. I find that by using these speeds, the aircraft tends to float a little before the nose can be gently raised as the speed decays. I think that this was my problem, while the aircraft was floating for them few seconds, I was battling with the gusting crosswind.
pushapproved: I do this already, though I probably didn't take enough trim off in the flight that I described in my first post, but thanks for the tip anyway
Thanks,
POL