We have wind here in west Texas 90% of the time blowing 10 - 15 mph from the south and always gust past 20 mph. I am teaching my nephew to fly and the best time to fly here is right before sun up till about 10 am. The first 2 afternoons that we tried to go out and fly, the good ole wind was blowing 20-25 mph. I had to get him to hold the plane until I was ready to firewall the throttle. Take off was less than 15 feet and you could almost land it without any roll. I am teaching him to fly on a sky raider Mach 1 trainer. At 1/2 throttle and up , it will handle the wind extremely well as there is no dihedral in the wing. He is doing well learning to fly and may be ready to attempt take offs after a couple of more flights. I did show him how easy it was to land in a tumbleweed at the end of the runway too !! Luckily it was a nice new green tumbleweed about 30" tall and didn't hurt the plane at all.