RE: Crosswind effect
That crappola is gospel to some pattern guys --who really believe that the new wide body pattern models drift more in the wind .
Having carefully explained that the corrections the flyer performs--plus the slower speed is the culprit - I still get "maybe so" answers .
The huge side area aft the CG does make some of those pigs harder to herd in slow maneuvers -in wind--but that is because they are so overstabilized in yaw. Back when w did our EMC 2 the side aread was large -but much of it was forwad the CG- to make slow flying easier (only enough yaw control to do the job)
anyway -I got sick of all that Bull s hit.