CT's authority to police pilots
When the cross wind is pushing up against the aircrafts demonstrated limits,my capabilities/comfort level or gets close to maximum of the rudders authority to hold aligned in a side slip I sometimes use the width of the runway to reduce the crosswind component by 10 or 20 degrees depending on the runway width on take off and landing. I've always wondered how the tower at controlled fields view pilots using such techniques or if they even care if pilots turn 27 into "25" for TO & landing. Any ATC folks on here got an opinion.
Last edited by piperboy84; 1st Oct 2017 at 11:43.