As I stated, banking the wings to compensate for a cross wind will result in a down grade, that's why we use rudder. If you doubt this then go fly your model in a cross wind and hold the same box depth while keeping the wings level. I bet you can't do it.

This all reminds me of a conversation I had with Sean Tucker. He was out watching on of our IMAC contests and asked why there were no bi planes. I told him that it's because they flew poorly. The look of horror on his face was priceless and at first he couldn't wrap his head around it but as the conversation went on and he learned about the different perspectives full scale and R/C pilots deal with he got it. Bottom line is that we have to deal with the cross winds otherwise we drift with it. I think we all agree with that one. We get downgraded if we enter or exit a maneuver without wings level. Rudder is the only option. I'm not saying this is proper technique for full scale but is commonplace for R/C pattern and IMAC. This is why full scale pilots usually get to a certain level with R/C and no more. They have difficulty leaving behind what was taught to them as it applies to full scale aircraft and set up and fly their models in the same manner as they would full scale thus leaving much of the airplane's potential performance on the ground.