The 412 really hates crosswinds. I've lifted up off tankers where there was no way to turn the tail until at a very high hover, and it took gobs of power to get up there, but a simple pedal turn resulted in a rather exciting rate of climb, immediately. The rotor system doesn't know where the wind is, but the fuselage does. Either a headwind or a tailwind requires less power than a direct crosswind, IME.