I think the crab and kick it straight is a large airplane technique that has migrated down to small aircraft. Back when people trained in light tailwheel trainers pretty much everybody used the wing down method with 3 point or wheel landings in light winds and almost always a wheel landing in high or gusty crosswind landings. With the advent of the modern tricycle gear trainers the option of the crab technique started to creep into flying training. My personal experience is for every light aircraft I have flown, the wing down method works best.
Last edited by Big Pistons Forever; 17th August 2010 at 05:25.