Originally Posted by Elevated

Since I was a kid I wanted to have an rc airplane. Due to the lack of regular access to a place to fly I ended up getting into nitro rc cars back in the early 90's.

After middle school I never messed with an rc vehicles despite still having the two cars from my childhood. Now having my own young kids, and having just bought a farm, I decided to get a beginner plane and learn how to fly so that one day I can do this with them.

I had been "training" with a rc plane app on my tablet which helped a little bit, but it did not prepare me enough for actual flight. I knew this would be the case but figured it would probably help.

After a lot of reading I decided to buy an AXN Floater Jet and put it together, coupled with a Turnigy TGY-i6 for an inexpensive intro to the hobby.

The first time trying to fly it yesterday, I did some damage to it. At my hay field, it is almost always breezy or quite windy, and that day was pretty windy but I decide to give it a try anyways. Wrong move. I got it into the air and crashed landed several times breaking the wing tip, nose, and cracking the fuselage. I should have stayed grounded for a more calm day, but I was really anxious to try it out.

After a little work and packing tape it is up and flying again. Today was about as calm as it gets, 5-10mph, with gusts, and my flying was much better. Didn't manage to break anything. Whoo hee.

I wonder if there is a better plane for flying in these conditions? This plane seems really light and easily blown around in the wind. Is there another inexpensive electric plane that can take the wind and gusts better? Should I just keep learning on this until I bash it to bits and get another?

Thanks,
Elevated