That is scary for one major reason to me... It will very likely lead to you skidding turns in the pattern, and that is far mor dangerous than than getting the bloody wing down. Bank angle does nothing to stall speed in and of itself, it's load factor that does it. What I see quite frequently with people who are afraid to get the wing down in the pattern is that they push the turns with the rudder, and this is where you die. Skidding turns turn into spins instantaneously when the wing stalls. It's not like a slip where the low wing has to come up and over the plane to enter the spin, no, in a skid the low wing stalls firs and tucks right under the plane, and at pattern altitudes, it's highly unlikely you'll be able to catch it quick enough to save your life.
Get the wing down, 45° isn't much anyway, it's only a load factor of about 1.3 in level flight. Better to get the nose down or put in some throttle and keep the turn coordinated at a steeper bank angle than to skid the turn. One day you're going to be in crappy enough conditions that you don't want to or won't be able to go around, that's the point where you don't want bad habits and fear of getting the wing down to be messing up your flying.
), but probably around 35º maybe?
