>In general, would greater airspeed reduce the affect of crosswinds on an
>aircraft's directional stability or a neutrally positioned rudder's performance?
Does a cross wind actually effect directional stability much? I don't mean how smooth the take off is I mean its stability from a damped system point of view.
Suppose you are half way down the runway and one main wheel goes through some water causing it to yaw a bit. If a cross wind somehow made the aircraft less stable it would yaw a bit more than normal. Does it? or is the fin equally effective in correcting uncommanded yaw ?