Getting a buzz out of X-winds
Conscious of needing to perfect crosswind landing technique I went for a re-validation sortie with my old instructor in the Cub, focussing on this. The X-wind component was about 14-15 knots. We briefed on a crabbed approach, converting to into-wind wing down with opposite rudder, once over the fence. I'd never really given this a whole-hearted go before.
Okay, it took me a couple of goes to settle in but I pretty much got it, and now I'm blissfuly reflecting on that wonderful state of equilibrium with one main & tail on the runway, the other still in the air - it's all under control, you're in the middle of the runway and pointing straight down it; the other wheel settles and now you're vigorously stopping the swing this way and that with rapid bootfuls of rudder. Ain't flying fun!