Originally Posted by
thump
Thanks for injecting a dose of sanity into the conversation. Aside from needing a little more rudder, that landing was inline with our SOP. I.E. landing in a crab is permitted.
Max demonstrated on the type is 38kts for a dry runway, Republic's limitation is 28kts with an allowance for gusts above that.
Limitation on the S5 side of RAH group is the 38 kts and that's just "recommended". However, you WILL have to land with a crab and ensuing side load (which the plane is designed for to accommodate those crosswinds) as you will run out of rudder and/or scrape a nacelle long before that. Instructors kidded me in training trying to de crab it all out as it can't be done. (Had over 8000 hrs before switching to the E170/175.) It takes a bit to get used to landing that way but it also feels weird running out if aileron and rudder at my thing over a 20 kt crosswind.
I will also agree that the long telephoto lens angle of the video exaggerates things but the landing wasn't "text book" perfection either.