Richard,

What your asking is a question that has so many answers. So many different answers at that. If you will ask a specific question as to how to do a certain maneuver, someone like TroyN,
JAS, TonyF, DougC,other top pilots will surely help.

As far as crosswind correction, Rudder is always the key. You maintain heading in a crosswind by applying rudder throughout the schedule. Always being aware of the heading you established in your entry to the box, and maintaining it at all times. The hard part to explain is the steps to do this in. You use rudder alot, but you use it so that your plane seemingly is always flying straight and level. I call it sneaking the rudder in. I'm not good at sneaking mine in, but thats what you are looking for. Your example would be a good one or a 1/2 Cuban eight. Practicing in a crosswind, enter the 1/2 Cuban and use rudder across the back side to maintain your heading, coming out of it at the same entry height and on the same path(heading) you entered it. No closer to you, no further away.Making the plane looks as if it is not even flying in a crosswind.


See, I have totally made a mess out of trying to explain this, but I did give it a try.