I'm having a hard time believing this is widespread, but I have seen a good number of Warbird wipeouts where I was just thinking "Rudder!" all along as I was watching. I've been a flightline coordinator for the Deland Fest of Giants for years. Year before last I saw a guy with a big P-51, maybe 1/3 scale. Biggest, nicest 'stang I've seen.

Deland is famous for having a crosswind 'in your face'. That is, into the filghtline. I distinctly remember seeing the mustang float past the flight boxes on approach, getting pushed closer and closer in. Not a crosswind gale, but just a couple mph of "push" With a plane that big the rudder is obvious, and I'm staring at it - no movement. It settled in ON TOP of the 3 foot snow fence, that guards the pits from the runway, headed for the folks set up at that end. Scared some folks for sure, not to mention the foolishness of letting something like that happen to such a nice machine.

Ya gotta be able to use the rudder when you have something big, expensive, & dangerous, even if it means buying an ARF to beat around while you are working on that warbird. Sheesh, break out the old trainer 40 and experiment with rudder if you need to.

I don't tend to notice how good the rivet detail is when I'm jumping out of the way.