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A common fault is to centralise the ailerons in the flare. On swept-wing aircraft in particular this allows the upwind wing to lift. For the reasons stated above, into-wind aileron must be maintained right through the flare and landing run
Bad technique in a light a/c in strong croswind-wind on max into wind aileron once the noswheel is on.
There you were supporting my thesis and you go and spoil it! Are you suggesting that the ailerons should be centralised in the flare? Even on a light a/c that would allow the upwind wing to lift and also defeat the purpose of ensuring adhesion to the tarmac on the upwind side - and build in bad habits for the future.
As I indicated in the earlier post, have demonstrated this technique on a variety of light aircraft. In particular those which have the most Xwind problems - the taildragggers (due to the innate weather-cocking tendency allied to blanking of the rudder as the tail comes down).