Sorry, I have not checked this thread lately. Confusion comes from trying to say too little. I was flying north and was being blown off course by an east wind.
At the time, my right leg was still trying to heal from the broken bone and torn ligiments from the wreck. About a month later I had to have surgery because it was not healing. The Husky had two springs on the right rudder pedal and I had to hold right rudder to hold course. The constant pressure on my right leg became extremely painful.
J/C GTF
J/C,
I think that what Mike's question was alluding to is that maintaining course in a cross wind would properly require changing the aircraft heading to account for that cross wind. This would mean a "crab" as viewed from the ground with the DG or compass indicating one thing and the GPS ground track indicating another.
This condition would not necessitate holding any rudder pressure assuming the ship is rigged and trimmed properly. In fact cross wind would have no effect on the need for rudder pressure at all in cruise flight - - only when doiing a forward slip to straighten 'er our for landing etc.
Now that said, the Husky will often require some rudder pressure in cruise. Not due to cross wind but due to the fact that there is no engine offset and no vertical stab offset. Thus the ship, if rigged to require minimal rudder pressure at one speed, will require more at another speed. Also, the Husky will have a tendancy to fly left wing low due to prop torque and thus, fuel burn is seldom even from both wing tanks . . . all of this has an effect on trim.
Now where's my Gnocca?
