I'm having a heck of a time keeping the PMDG 737 on the centerline with any kind of x-wind component. This may in fact be a flaw in FS2004 itself though. I'm using the standard airline technique of correcting drift by crabbing into the wind component on final and then kicking out of the crab and lining up with the centerline with rudder during flare.My problem is that at touchdown the aircraft is very very difficult to maintain on centerline and skids out all over the place, ground looping like nuts. I can finally fight the aircraft back on centerline during rollout but only after a bitter conflict :) I really can't seem to maintain proper directional control until the nosewheel touches down.I have the yaw damper on, all realism sliders set to max, Sidewinder joystick properly calibrated, ect. I always use Flightsim 2004's real weather option with dynamics set to zero and online updates to 15 minutes. Takeoff roll with crosswind is no problem - the aircraft is quite controllable with rudder in this instance, only x-wind landings vex me. Anyone have any insight on my crosswind landing technique or other issue(s) that might pertain to this problem? Again, I really think thie is an FS2004 fluke more than anything.Thank you.

All I know is that FS2004 doesn't simulate wind/yaw/ground effects very realistically, and I'm quite sure that the Y/D doesn't really do anything in the sim?

Really? The Yaw Damper is just a fake switch in FS2004 then? Regarding the way FS2004 simulates wind/yaw ground effects, I'm really wondering if what is happening is something along the lines of larger aircraft weathervaning unrealistically, as if they were all Cessna 172s irregardless of size. Is this another wonderful bug in FS2004?Any further insight would be appreciated. What are the rest of you guys' experiencing with crosswind landings? Are you able to consistantly pull them off with success after touching down and tracking the runway centerline?Thank you.

James, I always turn the yaw dampers OFF when on final approach, because I have a yoke and rudder pedals and the yaw damper in FS is not realistic...for me it means a major loss of rudder authority, which makes crosswind landings very difficult. The weathervaning is still a major issue, in FS2004 as well as previous versions. There is a toggle you can set in FSUIPC which allows you to turn the taxi wind to zero when on the ground, but that kind of throws some of the reality out. I also find FS2004 more touchy for yaw on the runway (my takeoff runnups always look like S turns...), even worse than FS2002 was..regards,

Thanks for your insight Captain. I think I'll shoot a few X-wind approaches sans the yaw damper and see what happens. That idea has potential (more rudder authority).