RE: landing in crosswind
Once you learn rudder it adds a whole new experience to flying. In some ways its like learining all over again for some older piliots that have never used one before it can be quite exciting. I had the good fortune to learn to fly at a field with only one north to south runway. Either you learned your rudder or on east west windy days you didnt fly. Needless to say my brother and I learned what crabbing meant at a very early stage of our flying instructions. But I couldnt fly a plane now without a rudder. Or actually I could but I would be constantly trying to use it even if it wasnt there.