[Untamed]

Originally Posted by SteveR

I hate cross wind landings. Thats so hard to do. Even Chuck Yeager got in trouble with his P-51 not to long ago trying to land with heavy cross wind. What they should have done here was apply left rudder around 100 feet to correct the problem. What they did wrong was apply left aileron which is what led to the wing touching the runway in combination with the cross wind pushing the right wing up.

I guess my cross wind landings were different. The left aileron was correct, but what is needed is right rudder to correct the planes desire to turn left with the increased left aileron. The effect is a left-wing-low "tilt" to the plane, which he had, unfortunately he didn't flare well once he got into ground effect. The left, rear strut should touch the ground first, followed by the right rear strut. Instead his wing was too low and he "skipped" off the ground. *shrugs*

Fortunately all are still alive.