Originally Posted by
jester_s1
Those little 3 channel beginner planes are really just glorified gliders. They go with the wind, not exert control over it. The club and instructor route are the best and easiest way to get into the hobby, but I understand if it's too far away. To handle the wind, you need ailerons and a plane that doesn't have a lot of dihedral. The very best plane ever invented for windy days is the venerable old Ugly Stick. Eflite makes a miniature version of it that's a nice flyer, but it is made of balsa so dumb thumb mistakes will cost you. The Hobby King club trainer looks like a pretty good candidate, but I have no experience with it.
Jester is on the mark with his advice. Our situations are very similar. I live/fly on my hay farm that is close to the coast and the wind is almost constant here.
While I got into this hobby over 30 years ago it is only recently that I started flying again. During the years I started and ran my business I didn't have the time to devote to it. Last year I sold my business, retired and returned to r/c. When I hung up sticks in the early 90's, electrics and ARFs were in their infancy. Now I was curious about the electrics and decided on an electric foamie to try to get the rust off my flying skills.
I chose the Parkzone Sport Cub S2. It's a very predictable (but not boring) flying plane. It's a 4 channel plane with the option of flaps that handles the wind very well. I was "raised" on an Ugly Stik as well as Great Planes trainers so I haven't a lot of experience with these foamie trainers, however I can say that I like the Sport Cub very much. It can be flown any way you want to; lazy circles in the sky or you can get sporty with it. I also has large tundra tires on it for flying off of unimproved runways. I fly off a gravel road and while the roll outs aren't very pretty, they don't result in damage.
Hope this helps.