ORIGINAL: agexpert
LOL Ken,
Our field typically gets 10-20 MPH winds by 11:30-12:00 every day. I can go to the field any weekday after 1pm and have the place to myself. (Our club has over 200 members). I, being a newbie, have learned to like the wind a bit. It's kinda fun to stop in mid-air and bring it down vertically. We have members from Hawaii and the UK who learned to fly in the wind. They both can fly a foamie in 25 mph+ winds......and do it well. The winds have helped me a lot with throttle-management and how not to over-control...especially ailerons. I still run away from really gusty crosswinds though.....and anything that brings flying debris.
I'm pretty much in the same boat. I started flying this winter & was so obsessed with getting as much air time in as I could it seemed as though I was always flying on very windy days & by myself. I also like slow flying backwards.
Ken, I know exactly what your saying; I went flying yesterday & there was almost no wind. I couldn't land my Nexstar to save my life. It took me about 4 tries & I still ran off the end of the runway.
