I'd like to buy an accurate wind meter someday. Like GB implies, most guys overestimate the wind speed. I like to cut their estimate in half and then I think we're close to the actual wind speed. Nevertheless, it is a lot of fun and you learn a lot by flying in the wind. And while many of the guys say this or that heavy plane would do well (maybe they are right), I like to take out my Funstar 40. It's my lightest plane, powered with an OS 52 four stroke, and it is the most fun on windy days. Great fun playing with throttle and elevator to stop it or even back up when going into the wind. And landings are fun on the short runway, or on the width of the runway if the wind is crosswind, to just about hover/harrier in like GB talks about. Rollout is just a few feet or less. I agree what gets folks in trouble is flying WITH the wind, downwind. They see their plane zipping down wind but with no control because the plane is in a stall in that moving mass of wind. They need to have that throttle on enough to give them forward airspeed and effective control within the mass of air that is moving downwind fast. Come back into the wind, and play again. On days like this, there is usually just one other guy and me playing. Jon