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Most planes have a limit as to how high the wind speed can be for a given off angle from the runway heading. But, most landings aren't made with a 90 degree crosswind, either. In my glider days, I never flew if the wind was at 90 degrees to the runway. In powered planes, I kept in mind the plane's limitations, and my own.

There are two methods for making a crosswind landing: the crab and the wing-low. The vid shows the crab. The wing-low has the pilot lowering the up-wind wing, so that the plane "slips" into the wind, and opposite rudder is used to fly a straight course.

Getting on the runway is only part of the process. You still have the fly the plane after landing.

It may be that CoD doesn't model crosswinds very well, and the problem lies there, rather than with the pilot.

binky9