>>1915063>>1915066Adding on to this, there's a couple secrets to crosswind. First of all, be aware of the wind. If number if higher than runway, it's right. If number is lower than runway, it's left. I know, I know, but it's a fast reminder.
Then you set up your crosswind, point the nose into the wind enough that your head is heading directly towards the runway. With heavy wind it can almost feel like you're going sideways, but that's alright, it's not where the plane is pointed but where it's actually going (at least when it comes to right and left, up and down you can normally trust the nose, e.g. while deploying flaps the nose will want to come up, keep it down, but this is unrelated to crosswind).
Then, when you're close enough to the runway (I do it a few seconds before the threshold, but you can do it earlier, or even later, although too late and you're doing too many things at once, too early and you're unnecessarily slipping, etc) add opposite rudder to straighten out the nose. AND THEN KEEP THE YOKE IN THE SAME POSITION. When you add rudder the plane is going to feel like it's fine, so you release the yoke to neutral and get pushed over by the wind. Keep it where it was (if you're drifting into the wind reduce it slightly, and vice versa, but don't let go).
Then it's just a matter of staying in the air with and pulling back gently WHILE keeping both rudder and aileron corrections in.
