Anybody at Top Gun have a 3-1/2 pound plane?

I didn't say I sat out the wind. I said I noticed the wind and my models react quite noticably to it. My 14 lb Ultimate shrugs off winds that make my 3.5 lb Hot Stik a real handful . . but that's a real handful in 5 mph winds, too.

Yep, my last sailboat was 34 ft and it had a digital readout of true and aparant wind (and the GPS displayed Course-Over-Ground vs. Heading). My 17' Thistle weighed eight tons less and it was VERY much more wind sensitive. Like uncontrollable without a third crew in anything over 15 knots. Coincidentally, the 34 was a real snoozer in anything UNDER 15 knots and would not get to hull speed tacking upwind until the wind got thereabouts.

If you're not noticing and compensating for the difference between 5 mph and 25 mph winds when flying your maneuvers probably aren't all that smooth and symmetrical. ;-)