Foxmouth
I disagree !!! You are presuming a constant which is rarely the case in strong crosswinds with gusts up draughts or down draughts !
Again, shows lack of understanding of method, one of the beauties of wing down is that it is easy to compensate for changing conditions, you just vary the amount of wing down - how do you do that with crab? You end up either without enough crab on or within too much, either way you end up going sideways. As far as the extra drag goes, very minimal, certainly not noticeable on most aircraft. Also, if you get my name right you might realise what type of aircraft I have experience of, NOT ones to treat a crosswind lightly in!
I will say I have flown many aircraft that I have been told "very dodgy in a crosswind" (e.g. Auster/ Tiger Moth/Leopard Moth), never had a problem myself using wing down, speaking after to the pilots that told me this, most used crab!
