hey,

well i personally like 5 or less just because i find that its easier to taxi, t.o., FLY,and land i mean its like the perfect day.....however i ahave been caught flying and a wind has come in and is blowing horizontal to the runway. as a kid a grew up next an air port and watched all sommer to see how they handled the wind. i have found that with that kind of a situation i fly about 45 degrees to the side of the runway going against the wind and just about ontop of the runway give it hard rudder to straighten it out turn so that the wind is behind me(the plane) and taxi until i can pick it up. keep in mind that i can only do this once it gets really strong but i guess that you could change the angle of entry....hope this helps with some of your wind probs...o yea if you have to taxi to a certain spot taxi nice and slow and try to kinda face the wind(if you have the aid of a movable stearing wheel)

hope it helps,

fire star