Originally Posted by
Bungfai
My B777 max cross wind limit company dry 30 wet 25. And some FI are trying to change to about 45 demonstration speed. But it will require crab landing technique avoiding engine touching the ground. What are your limits?
Ours are 40/40 and that includes the autopilot. I can't say with absolute confidence that you won't contact the ground "wing down" at 45kts across as I've only tried it in the sim but I'm pretty sure this is the case. Boeing will tell you for sure.
If faced with a landing "in extremis" at or above the x-wind maximum for the type I was flying, I would use as much "wing down" as I thought was reasonable and let the gear take the rest of the leftover crab. I wouldn't revert to a "crab only" touchdown...