Bev once posted a great photo of her out wind flying her trainer. During fueling on the bench it shows the plane a couple of feet in the air with the fuel line still attached while on the starting bench. I find the hardest part of wind flying is the landing. I have had my Extra 8 inches off the ground and just hovering in one spot right in front of me. I have one plane {the Daddy Rabbit} that I built just for high wind flying.