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Old 1st Jun 2015, 01:55
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India Four Two
 
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My heart says yes
Then do it! Lots of good advice above.

There is nothing better than bimbling around at 500' on a warm summer's day with the door open.

I don't have much experience on the Cub and I had to look up the crosswind limit - 10 kts. Bearing in mind that the number is the "maximum demonstrated" value and that on a Cub forum that I looked at, many pilots indicated that the "airframe" crosswind limit is about double that value, I would say you should not have any qualms about cross-wind capabilities.

And as Step Turn says, you can always land diagonally across the runway, or even across it as I did once.

Concerning the speed, yes it's faster than your bike, but slower than motorway traffic when heading into a strong wind!
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