Best crosswind technique for light aircraft???

[Morettis]

The lances we fly have a max demonstrated of 17 knots. Anything under that I usually crab till I'm over the runway about to flair. Over 17 is a slip all the way down to make sure I have rudder athority. When you're landing in a 35Kt direct crosswind, I've found it's best to transition to a full slip, maxing out the rudder & then use ailerons and airspeed to correct for drift. Done it a few times going into PHX. It's a wild ride but it works out well.

 

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I begin my slip over the marker, then on short final I let off of the rudder and use differential thrust combined with aileron trim to grease her on every time. Then I taxi to the gate using only APU thrust.

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On the ATR we pull the flight idle stop and put the upwind engine in beta and set the parking brake.

 

[midlifeflyer]

Huh? Let's speak student here. Use the rudder to make the wheels line up with the runway and the ailerons to keep you over the runway. Not that I don't applaud you for knowing all the fancy terms, but you sound like a flipping engineer geek. Students don't speak engineer geek.

I make it even more personal: "Keep the centerline between you legs with aileron and square to your chest with rudder."