RE: High wind technique
The best thing you can do is practice correcting for wind at altitude. It will become more automatic the more you do it. You will find as you get better you will suddenly have a lot more time on landing. The key to any good landing is the approach. If you have a good stable approach, even in wind, you will be able to concentrate on adjusting for the wind and not fighting it. As said before this comes with time and practice. Try to find someone you trust to fly your plane in wind, and have them help you practice when you feel a little more comfortable with approaches and landings. Another good idea is to read up on approaches, the full scale procedures are applicable to models and will help you learn how to establish a good solid approach, and once you learn that, landings will suddenly get a lot easier.