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Old 9th Jun 2010, 02:30
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Assuming you learned on light planes--it is no different. Just look at the "taxi" chart for a C-150. OTOH, a swept wing, in a crosswind, presents the upwind wing at lower sweep angle than the downwind wing, so it has a more powerful lifting effect. Think of a 45-degree sweep in a right crosswind 45 degrees off the nose. The upwind wing has a wind component 90 degrees to the wind while the downwind wing has, essentially no wind normal to the chord. Strong lift on the right, little on the left.

Individual aircraft landing gear geometry, fin/rudder and aileron effectiveness, sweep angle and weathervane tendency will effect its roll/yaw component on the runway.

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