Crosswind Landings Can Be DIFFICULT| PA28 

That crab needs to make some more random appearances lol. Funny as hell!

“Haha this is great banter! It really is”

The damn crab animation.... I didn’t need my drink all over my phone.... awesome vid and keep it up Juan!

A key point you made here, and one that took me a while to sort out in my head, is to disconnect your feet from your hands. I was always dipping the wing and my body would automatically apply opposite rudder, as if my arms and legs were connected by a cable. Often this meant landing with way too much rudder correction, especially if drifting from the centreline which just exasperated it as I used even more aileron to try to get back. Once I'd managed to disconnect those two things, especially during the flair, my crosswind landings "clicked". Also, landing with the nose pointed down the runway is normally way more important than nailing the centreline, especially on an icy runway here in Norway. The other thing that "clicked" at some point, is that I was not going to smash my wingtip into the ground when applying full aileron in the flair (assuming I was at or approaching stall speed). Don't be afraid to put the controls all the way into the wind on touchdown! Don't pussy around with the controls, react to the wind all the way, with aggressive inputs if necessary.

That crab! 🤣🤣

Haha! Love that dancin’ crab, Lew! Great instruction and a student that applies that instruction to the aircraft. Nailed it at the end, too. 👍🏻👍🏻

nice job Crab man. no go crush that checkride.

oml, we are in the presence of the Crab Rave. I burst out when I saw that crab there.

Got my PPL last week. Always watched your vids which definitely helped and were inspiring. Greating from the Netherlands

Love the dancing crab.

Learned so much from this! The crab was hilarious!

Who likes the videos before even watching? Keep up the great work!

Love your videos! It's always been true that poms and Aussies have the best banter 🇦🇺🇬🇧

Greetings from The Netherlands (EHBK)! Really enjoy your relaxing way of teaching and explaining aviation stuff! Hope to catch you in the future when I'm visiting my relatives in Englewood, FL again and flying from Buchan or Venice airport! Safe flights and keep up the good work!

That crab dancing made my evening 😂🤣😂😆🤣😆😂 Another great video added there, thanks !

X04!! That’s my home! I love training over there in apopka. Yeah there are trees on the 33 heading and for 15 there’s power lines and trees on final. I’ve done so many landings on 33 :)

training days,i am sure we all miss those days.

Another great video, Lewis - maybe in your Top 10. First, Juan just gets more disgusting with each video. I don't know how much more of this I can take! Second, we know what a great teacher you are but sometimes forget you're a bad ass pilot as well. You nailed that crosswind landing - even with TR33S on the runway - and then kept going until Juan nailed his. Left the young man feeling confident in his abilities and ready for that check ride. This is textbook - pay attention CFIs!!

I even told my instructor last time"welcome to the sky" and she started laughing

Man this reminds me so much of my flight training with my instructor. This is super helpful

Love the videos! I watch all of them and they helped me get my private keep it up man ✈️💯

Great encouragement!! Come to Australia and teach me!!

Great job Juan! LewDiX great video brother! Come down to FXE!

Great video, and great channel content. I’m a bit partial to the PA28-140…

"It's disgusting, but it's legal and it's not dangerous... it's just ugly!" - That's what he said (2:10)

Given the frequent omission of the critical item of welcoming people to the sky, you should put together a checklist including that mission critical item and sell it on your website! :-)

Another great video to start the day!! Thanks

Waiting for you and SteveO to team up. Would be epic.

5:47 قل قل😂😂(Say Say )

Worst is when the airfield had one runway and you can literally feel yourself drifting away and have to go around and aim for the runway's SIDE so you can drift into the runway and land. Yeah. My instructor landed it. I couldn't handle

I don’t like trying to land in gusty crosswinds! Looks like I need to book some training with Lew!

Orlando Apopka Airport you all have cheap gas there. Keep up the good work

How do you record the audio on your videos? BTW, THEY ARE AMAZING!! hahah I'm having a good time here! Your tips helped me A LOT. Thanks from Brazil!

When I land my cfi told me by the runway threshold speed should be 70 knots, but the way I land is I come steaper then pull up flight lvl cut power hold it steady the flare . How many ways is it there to land

Im currently working on my private! And man you are an awesome instructor keep it up! One can see you care about your students progression!

I need you to be my flight instructor!

Great video as usual, thanks. What speed limits do you allow when teaching crosswind landings - assuming reasonably advanced students?

I take any Crab flying day over any Soup non flying day

these guys are from a sit-com ... look at the windsock ^_^

*Describes crosswind checklist/flow perfectly* dO i HaVe To PrOmPt YoU aGaIn??

Why do you hate Winterhaven?

Does he teach at a flight school in Florida?

How can I get some training with you? I’m in Orlando

Wish I was a student here 😂how y’all have this much fun flying ?

What's the one thing you would advice to stay focused during these crosswind landings?

Too much horsing around and not enough instruction going on. Instructors should be mentors, not comedians.