Originally Posted by
Offchocks
I don't understand how that could be the reason, does anyone have an explanation?
Well sadly we're unlikely ever to be able to put it to the test, but I'd suggest that a 30kt x-wind from port, impinging directly on the Trident's NW barn door would produce rather more of a yawing moment than the same wind from starboard which would hit the NLG leg first. Particularly given that said door hangs at about 30° from the vertical.
Whether that's enough to account for the asymmetry in the x-wind limits, I'll leave for you to judge.
Alternative explanations welcomed, needless to say.