<WBR> If you're saying that the crosswind is not affecting the airplane once the wheels are <br>
off the ground, why would the airplane go left when I let off of right rudder after the <br>
wheels have left the ground? When there's not a cross wind, I don't need to apply rudder <br>
on the ground or in the air. And once off the ground, I'm not talking about the airplane <br>
flying at an angle, (crab, slide, weather vane, etc..) by itself, I'm saying it wants to go <br>
directly into the wind... Well, I doubt that it actually WANTS to, but it is affected by the <br>
wind. Possibly being turned until equal pressure is acquired on all surfaces? Can this be <br>
compared in any way to knife edge flight? Some planes fly more nose up than others to <br>
maintain level flight... I can't explain technically WHY it does, but I know that my Storm <br>
tends to head into the wind at low speeds... like right AFTER the turn in a stall turn. It <br>
does not point directly at the ground, and I'm not holding rudder to get the nose into <br>
the wind. <br>
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