Crosswind - Rudder Direction

I am not sure but it seems to me already for a longer time that during cross-wind take-off, the rudder doesn´t have to be set into the wind like in real life it has to be set in the same direction the wind blows to.

When the wind comes from the left, it should be that the rudder is set to the left. But in MSFS the rudder has to be set to the right when the wind comes from the left.

This was confusing to me at first, but the explanation is that you are experiencing weathervaning on the ground, so it works opposite what you are thinking. There’s a short description on Wikipedia that might be helpful.

Basically the tail is a sail in a strong crosswind. For instance - a strong wind from the left will push the tail to the right and thus swing the NOSE of the aircraft to the left. So you should in this case trim the rudder to swing the NOSE of the aircraft to the right..or ADD RIGHT RUDDER TRIM.

Thanks for explaining. It makes sense, and I also found a video from Flight Training yesterday where the position of the yoke/sidestick and the rudder can be seen very clearly. :wink:

Can you share the link to that video?

Crosswind take-off and landing on an Airbus A320. Baltic Aviation Acedemy