Today I was practicing bad weather flying in the standard Piper and Cessna (think crosswind landings), and no matter how much rudder I applied, I could not get enough rudder authority to compensate for the heavy winds. When I looked at my plane from external view, I noticed that when on the ground, the rudder was moving normally (full range of motion), but in flight the rudder barely moved at all in response to my inputs. (Keyboard or twist axis joystick.) Adjusting rudder sensitivity and dead zone had no effect.But, if I turn the "autorudder" feature off, then I get full rudder control back. But since I don't have rudder pedals I typically fly with autorudder on. I never noticed that autorudder interfered with manual rudder inputs in the past, but it sure is doing it now. (Maybe that's also why I've been having a hard time flying twin-engine birds on one engine...)Does this sound like a config problem, or is this how autorudder is "supposed" to work? Is there a way to keep autorudder working to assist typical turns, while also allowing full manual rudder inputs to correct for heavy crosswinds? It shouldn't be "either-or".

As you guessed: this is how it works ....The only way to do proper crosswind landings is by setting Autorudder (autocoordination) Off and give manual rudder commands, either via rudder pedals / stick-twist or via keyboard commands.Rob