Why do schools teach into-wind engine checks regardless of wind speed?

Yaks or Sukhois don´t overheat at all in these situations. But I suspect a flight instructor on board teaching runups in wind direction only – stupid really. My idea in that airfield photo would be to go into the parking area and point the Yak slightly to the left side so the prop wind will go to the right into the green. So less turning action to get out of there onto the taxi way. So airfield politics my guess . . . . Vic

Cant comment on the Cessna, but wrt the Yak, could it be that he was being considerate and displaying good airmanship by turning at an angle so as not to do a run-up with the potential for someone unseen close behind? I actually try to turn slightly off-axis if Im aware of someone possibly taxiing behind me when I do power checks.

Regards, SD..

Not a problem with Yaks, they got no nose wheel steering at all. You just operate the hand brake lever at the stick and do full right or left rudder and add power. No foot brakes either, just the lever at the stick. So differential braking at main wheels with “hand brake” will turn the plane around easily . Vic

Yak 52 nose wheel steering tends to be tricky in situations like that!

Malibuflyer wrote:

what would be the alternative of aligning azimuth with the direction of the taxiway?

S-turning to see ahead, or to position yourself into wind for the run-up, or to lookt in the direction of finals before entering the runway if the high wing blocks your view…all the time remaining close to the runway centerline.

Malibuflyer wrote:

tie down eyes that are installed on most (i.e. all) airports in a way that the wings need to be perpendicular to the parking centerline markings

This was especially painful at the referred airport since no tie-down eyes were available in the gusty 30kt wind, and into-wind parking was not allowed: ie you were supposed to park with your wings perpendicular to the parking centerline, but where is such requirement spelled out?

I can see a lot of sense in the above.

I was once chatting to a chap with a mkXVI spit and a yak9 who said how important it was for him to be relatively quick from start up to getting away because of the overheating issue. Seems to tie in with what you are saying.