On Dec 3, 4:57*pm, a wrote:

[...]

By the
way, on a wide runway with a lot of crosswind component start your run
not on the centerline but more to the downwind edge of the runway,
when you're within 10 kts or so of takeoff speed you can take some of
the crosswind component away by turning toward the upwind edge of the
runway. 100 feet of useful runway width (say on one whose paved width
is 150 feet) can really change the relative angle of the wind.

[...]

Now that's a good common-sense tip that I've
not heard before.

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Mark IV