ORIGINAL: Top_Gunn
How does a plane ''weathervane on its own''? (Short answer: it doesn't.)
Check my video. While the plane is on final look at the control sticks. I am doing almost nothing but using ailerons to correct my ground track and the nose is pointed right into the wind. The nose will naturally point itself into the wind unless you do something to correct it such as adding rudder and aileron for the flare. So yes a plane will weather vane on its own.