Every time we land, and this applies to all fliers, we are guiding the plane towards us, or at least close enough that one big gust or a servo failure will quickly guide the plane into the pilots box.

Four years ago I was learning to fly. My legs, and more importantly my thumbs, were shaking with nerves and conentration just trying to get a 40 size trainer to go around in something vaguely like a circuit. And part of this training included flying the plane towards me at a low level so I could land the thing. Sounds bl**dy dangerous when you put it like that, but every one of us has been there, done that, and moved on to bigger and better things.

For the four years I have been a member at my club, as far as I know the only accidents to have occured all happened in the pitts while engines were being started or tuned. There have been some "near misses", but all have been with newbies or those with little skill.

Yes rudder touching is dangerous, but so is taking off and flying a circuit. That is the whole point.