iatorres2002,

I'm sorry you crashed, but I'm really glad you started this post. It's been a good reminder to me about some principles by which I fly. I was trained by a full-scale, commercial rated, IFR pilot. In other words, he knows his stuff. Because of that training, I'm a stickler for certain rules regarding safety and flying (yes, in that order). One of them is to ALWAYS take off and land into the wind, or at least a crosswind when I can VERY carefully climb out turning into the wind. Most times, a plane with a long tail moment, like a trainer, will automatically "weather-vane" into the wind anyway. Bax did a good job of explaining Center of Pressure in another post that describes this principle of airplane movement. Just search on Center of Pressure and you'll no doubt find it. Thanks Bax, that was a good one!

An understanding of how planes move through the ocean of dynamic air in which they are moving is very important to safe and successful flying.

Best wishes on a quick rebuild. Let us know how it goes.