After Notso extensive testing

[GunnerMan]

Today I needed something to do so I went in FS and saw if AI were affected by wind and turbulance. So I hop in my bell and set winds at 40 kts parallel to the active and set turbulance to severe, didnt seem to affect AI on taxi way at all so I cranked the winds up to a staggering 200 knot direct crosswind and yes I was in a bell and only lasted ohhhhh..... ten seconds and the Ai were on the ground still but wind and turbulance did not seem to affect them the slightest

[Bell206freak]

LMAO, I did that once.

I decided to try to take off from San Francisco International with 140 MPH winds.. Let's just say I was blown clear off of the airfield!

[zcottovision]

Here's something fun:

Make the winds something ridiculous like 100mph and then set the direction to 070. Then take off from any airport that has a runway 25 in the default Cub...and fly backwards!

[Wing Nut]

Hmm...  Are helicopters affected more or less by the wind than a fixed wing?

Kevin

[Skligmund]

O.K.

I have actually flown backwards in a PA-18 Super Cub in 50 knot winds.

I have also seen aircraft landing in 70 knot winds, 40+ of it being crosswinds during the runway 14/32 taxiway construction. (Anchorage International closed runway 14/32 for construction all summer) That was great, I watched a Korean MD-11 do 3 go-arounds and a hard landing when he finally touched down. The winds were so strong, he would turn base/final where he would normally do it, but would be blown 3/4 to 1 mile to the side of the runway, and wouldn't get to the centerline until halfway down it, forcing a go-around. To my understanding, he was about outta fuel, so thats why he landed hard. They did some repairs and inspections after that one.