I started out learning in a cub and my instructor beat wheel landings into my for head on gusty days. Once I could handle 3 point every 3rd or 4th landing was wheeled on. He would wait till final and tell me which he wanted, slow and controlled 3 point or add 15mph and wheel it on and hold tail up till it wouldn't fly. To me a wheel landing was carry extra speed for control and plant it firmly on the ground tail high and negative AOA. Timmy showed me a different type of landing that is still wheeled on but not what I consider a normal wheel landing. Set up slow to 3pt and roll it on the mains the second it touches or 6" up before it touches. Slow approach, slow touchdown, negative AOA to keep it on the ground and a great view but not a wheel landing in my book. Its a wheeled on 3pt that gives you better control without the extra speed.
WWII pilots will differ. Navy trained will 3pt. AAF liked fast wheel landings because you could get a lot of guys on the ground quick because touchdown speed was same as speed on final.
Glenn
Glenn, the Navy teaches controlled crashes, not landings. Cubs aren't that tough. But, the procedure you describe that Tim taught you is precisely the "tail low wheel landing" we've been espousing.
Now, let's talk about that landing a Cub 15 mph over the stall. Yes, you CAN do that, but why would you want to??? All you're doing is wearing out wheel bearings and tires.
Your instructor was advocating higher speeds for gusty crosswinds, right? Okay, consider that the "standard" recommendation for speed to be added to approach speed for gusty crosswinds is to add half the gust factor to your normal approach speed. So, if you have a direct crosswind at 10, gusting to 15 knots, by that reckoning, you'd add about 3 knots to your approach speed. Let's just be a little extreme, and say we'll add 5 knots, just to be on the "safe side".
That's a far cry from a fifteen knot higher approach speed. So, let's say that you've got a ten knot crosswind with a ten knot gust factor.....or maybe a fifteen knot crosswind with a fifteen knot gust factor. By conventional wisdom, you'll still only need to add 7 or 8 knots to your approach speed. And, I'm here to tell you that a fifteen knot crosswind with a fifteen knot gust factor (fifteen knots, gusting to 30 knots in other words) is a REALLY ugly crosswind, and I wouldn't even try to tackle that kind of crosswind.
Point is, I see people wearing out tires and wheel bearings all the time, for no good reason. Further, you'll never get hurt till you touch the ground.....the faster you're going when you touch, the uglier the screw up is going to be if anything goes wrong....locked up brake, etc.
FWIW,
MTV