Originally Posted by Contacttower
The PA28 can take more than 17knots (as I discovered doing solo circuits during my PPL ). But the Cub I would never, ever push beyond its limit.
I learned to fly in a member of the cub family, a 1946 PA12. As a student pilot I landed in the biggest xwind I ever have, during a solo cross country. It was pretty much 20kts across the runway. I find the cub series to be good crosswind airplanes. The super cub has the one issue where if you pull flaps in you can only get so much left aileron in, because the flap handle blocks your leg which then blocks the stick.
I fly pawnees too, in the really big crosswinds I worry about dragging a wingtip because it's a low wing. But I never have. I'm also known to cheat and takeoff/land a little into the wind rather than right down the centerline when it's sporty.
-- IFMU