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I've done it plenty, and often turned off the runway before the Cessna or Warrior that was ahead of me even turned final. I always communicate that I have them in sight and will be clear and no factor for them. They got used to it as they should if they're going to fly like that.

Not "weak", just has limited ability to roll over rough bumps and holes on a grass strip without pole-vaulting the airplane.

Wow not sure I've ever seen anyone manage to PIO this badly while the main wheels were still firmly on the ground. Flapping the elevator like mad.

This thread is funny. I suggest F-14.

In a Cub you can wheel land and get the tail down with directional control with diff braking if needed in winds that would cause the airplane to get skidded sideways across the runway after attempting a "3-pointer" on one main and the tailwheel, even with full aileron into the wind. It's because...

Because it's useless

Never seen a glider ground looped.

Again...yep. Some tailwheel airplanes can be wheel landed with diff braking in x-winds that would cause it to be blown sideways skidding across the runway during the initial rollout on a "3-point" landing attempt in those same winds. J-3 Cub for example...assuming it's been upgraded with Groves...

Don't know what you're talking about. I simply said slipping all the way down final in a x-wind purely because of the x-wind is kinda student pilot stuff. It doesn't solve anything BTW.

Exactly right. Holding drift/alignment a few hundred feet AGL at your approach speed doesn't mean much when it comes to maintaining control of the airplane at touchdown speed and through the landing roll in the wind conditions which are nearly always different at the surface. If the mentality...

Sure, like I said I do that wind or no wind, but it's for visibility and touchdown spot control, not x-wind correction. I haven't motored down a straight in final holding a slip the whole way just for the purposes of lining up early for a x-wind since I was a student pilot.

For sure, every landing for me too, for visibility and to put the airplane down where I want power off. Wind or no wind, I'm always straightening out the slip during roundout a few inches from the runway. X-wind doesn't change that.

Yeah, it's mainly for visibility. You almost never see a Pitts fly a straight in approach without turning and/or slipping. Straight in, you can't see the runway at all until it flashes up into your peripheral vision during the roundout. Pitts' are also the best slipping machines ever built, so...

Nice try. We all have it set by the time the wheels touch down. Slipping all the way down final in a x-wind is kinda silly, and is just a way to give student pilots the practice and to avoid overwhelming them with the workload of waiting to manage this down at the runway level. Lots of pilots...

At the risk of commenting on something that's already been commented on a hundred thousand times, there is absolutely no reason to slip down final in a x-wind unless you're a student pilot who needs the extended practice using the controls properly to maintain drift and alignment. For the rest...

The forward vs side slip talk makes me go cross eyed, but I always did a power off left slipping base to final turn with right rudder in the blind bipe regardless of wind direction. Yeah with a right x-wind that means reversing the slip direction during the roundout. No more difficult than a...

I disagree. Don't put "airshow pilots" on a pedestal, they are just regular people who fly airshows as a hobby for the ego stroke and fun. Their talent and skill levels range from very modest to very high, just like recreational aerobatic pilots in general. Becoming an airshow pilot is more...

All true but for the casual readers here it should be understood that everything described above applies to pilots who have had little or probably NO training, and attempt stupid things they are totally unqualified for. It takes very little skill to safely roll nearly any airplane, but you need...

Or rather get some real aerobatic training first.

Low wing is not an advantage, it's a trade off.