Great topic!! personally i never used mixes untill i flew a plane that a toc guy had set up for a guy using mixes, unbelievable. I had never flown a plane that flew to true, hands off in every attitude!! I feel that the setup is a skill that the top guys use to their advantage, the less work you have to do with the coupling the more you can concentrate on the next menouver and less imputs for the same thing are and advantage. In theory it is cheating but its one of those things that has been introduced and would be near imposible to control. I know some people who have point mixes for rudder to throttle and unbelievable mixes to fix a variety of problems such as bent fuses and strange flight characteristics............ If you cant beat is join it 3dbatixkid I guarentee your flying will improve.