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Old 10-18-2007 | 09:37 PM
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Default RE: High Wind RC Aircraft

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What is a (Windsmith)? Sounds cool. Do you make wind LOL And yes the twist are cool I love the plane it's great but i also like a little variety too.

I fly out near the glider airport off of Highline road. Near the end buy Oak creek Pass road back road to Mojave. There is a dam out there and a big open field were people go and ride there motorcycles. But i'm flying about a mile east of the glider airport. The glider airports tower operator gave me the ok. They dont seem to mind that i fly out there so it's a great place to fly and not far from were i live in town.

the nearest AMA rc airport is out side of Arvin and about a 45 minute to hour drive seems like a waste of gas when it only takes me 10 minutes to goto The field i fly in. It is fine as long as i dont get alot of Ah how would you say it dum dum people out there buggin. Every now and then it happens get a bunch of people who are curious and know absolutely nothing about Rc aircraft.
So i have to land and usually pac it up and come home. I guess that is the one good thing about a rc flight fields that have some rules in place. Dum Dum people are not permited to go beyond a safe point.

But most the time it's great and i have no problesm flying out there. I like it cause it's wide open and there a no obstructions trees ect and the weeds that are there are not real bad. and i have a nice long wide dirt runway that is easy to take off from and land on. But the wind is alot higher out there then in town because there are no Obstructions.

So i have to consider what to fly out there and when. Early in the morning there is no wind and usually late in the evening the wind dies down. Here latley the wind has been blowing around 20 mph out there and the Twist will Hover great in this but is alot slower and a little tricky in some of the turns.

So i like to consider planes that can handle a higher wind speed and cut through it for the future.

I have a Lancair witch is a Streamlined Sport plane that i think is going to do well in the wind. Guess i will find out when i take it out for its maiden flight.

Cheers

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