Cross wind landings. U/C Stress ?

[wiggy]

I think this came up in a thread last year.....

There will almost certainly be crosswind limits (for dry/runway/wet/ slippery/ runways etc etc) in the aircraft manuals measured in knots, an "out of alignment by maximum number of degrees" limitation is not something I have seen, and in any event in a strong cross wind you will be so busy you won't be measuring degrees, etc.....

Many/all aircraft are I believe flight tested to land "out of alignment" up to the maximum crosswind limit, and there can be risks associated with spending too much time messing around in the flare trying to perfectly "decrab" the aircraft ... sometimes you try your best but you have to accept you might land "non aligned" to some extent. It might not feel great but the alternatives might be worse.