Beechnut said "better x-wind landing" Sorry BN but I will pitch my Hawk against almost anything in a strong cross wind. Our strip is a shade under 50 feet (yes feet) wide and the best I have done in over 20 years is a 25k wind at 90 degrees. Do you wish to have a go in a Beech to do that? Just asking 'cause I have never flown a Beech so cannot comment on performance.
Yes. Piece of cake. I have never scrubbed a flight in the Beech because of x-wind, nor gone around because of x-wind; well sort of. Once I was flying in a light crosswind that was shifting from slight nose to slight tail, and in the start of the flare, the wind shifted to a tailwind, I lost about 10 knots and started to drop like a rock; I applied full power and got the hell out of there.
Having many hours in C-150/152s, 172s, PA28s, Beech Skipper, the C23 is by far the easiest of the lot in an crosswind. Not to say you can't do it in a 172.
It will just be a hell of a lot more work
