ORIGINAL: speedracerntrixie
As I have stated before, we are talking about MODEL airplanes here right? If you read back I have not advised anyone how to fly their full scale airplane. Reason for that is I am not a full scale pilot and recognise the differences between the two and just feel that I am not qualified to do so based on those differences. So as far as models go and to be specific someone who flys IMAC and pattern we would NEVER want to fly around with one wing low to compensate for wind drift. This would be giving up 2 points per manuver for not beginning and ending each manuver with wings level. The resolve is to use rudder only to compensate for cross wind drift during the sequence. It only makes sense that we would carry over this practice for landings as well. I'm sure there are other ways or more approved ways of doing the same thing in full scale practice as you have passenger comfort and aircraft limitations to deal with. My biggest gripe with this whole thing is full scale pilots telling model pilots how to fly their airplanes applying full scale theory. IMO that would seriously handicap our models performance. What would happen if I approached you guys 25 years ago and claimed I could hover an airplane by it's prop like a helicopter? What if I showed up at the field with an airplane built a lightly as some of the 3D arfs are today? I'm thinking that neither would be readily accepted. Yet here we are.
The crab technique is also used for RC flying not just full scale. Basically the same technique used to control the full scale is used for our models. The trouble is LEARNING these maneuvers so that one can have many successful flights even when caught by a sudden gust of wind at take off or landing. The key is knowing what to do so that you don`t crash your plane. Maybe the 60% 3D plane could get away with aileron correction on take off from a sudden gust, do that with a 35 pound Hi wing loading T6 and see what happens. Folks have to first understand the 3D KITES is way over powered maybe 2 to 1 and light as cork. There fore the controls that they could get away with most cases will not wash with other planes like Jets , WW2 or WW1 warbirds and even some civilian planes like RVs and Bips. Do that 3D horsing the controls stuff and you are not going to have your bird for long. The 3D guys need to point this out to folks that are trying to learn, that is unless they don`t know better which I think may be the case from some of the stuff written here.
I fly warbirds mostly 71" and up. In the 90s I had my experimenting with pattern , aerobatic, sport and civilian. I know for a fact they all fly different. So for those that went from trainer to 3D, please be careful with you advice. Like I said I have seen simple , just a bit heavily loaded planes beat guys that could hover a 60% Extra a foot off the ground.