Thanks. Reading that it seems like my method of crabbing and using rudder to straighten on flare is a bad idea in the DC3. I should be trying to align the fuselage with the centreline throughout final.
I also need to find the crosswind operating limits. I may have been trying to practice this in crosswinds that are too strong.
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So max recommended crosswind is 13kts on a quick Google. I think my takeoff airport was @ 14kts, and it’s possible my destination airport was more (I don’t think I checked, oops), so that could have well been making my life very hard indeed.