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Old 04-13-2006 | 08:14 PM
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MountaineerFan36
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Default RE: How much wind is too much?

I decided to play hooky from work today so I could go fly. The temperature was great but it was a bit windy (of course). I would estimate gusts up to 15-20 mph. I flew well most of the day. On the last flight of the day, a wicked cross wind kicked up. I brought my nexstar in for a landing and it was crawling along nicely. I got about 6 feet of the deck ready to touch down and a huge gust of wind came across the field. The wind lifted my wing up so high that I had to use full right aileron to correct. By the time it leveled out the plane was heading strait at me in the pits and only about 25 feet away. Rather than injuring me or someone else and/or the other planes in the pits I made a split second decision to nose it in to the ground. It wasn't that high up and didn't really do any major damage. The wind is a really pain sometimes, but I have a limited amount of opportunities to fly, so I have to take my chances.