Bob, My comments are sure to break this into a debate of the full scale pilots on one side and the model pilots on the other but what the heck. The guys that are coming in here on these forums and telling us the " Proper " way to fly our MODELS need to keep more of an open mind. Our models operate differently then a full scale airplane that has far less power to weight and far more wing loading. Bob is correct in the way he describes cross wind landings with a lightly loaded aerobatic model. Appliying rudder into the wind is simply to hold position and has little to do with attitude. Just before touch down the rudder is nuetralized as to not rip the gear off the airplane. Simple as that. Bob and I have done literally thousands of landings that way. For the life of me I just can't understand why someone who has most likely never flown either a full scale Extra or a 40% Extra feel they are qualified to give landing lessons to those who have. I'm quite sure that before any full scale pilot climbs into an Extra alone he first has to be checked out with an instructor for a certain amout of hours so wouldn't the same hold true?