When I fly in a good stiff wind, I like feathering the throttle and elevator to slow the plane's ground speed. If you've got a 10-15mph wind moving across the wings, your ground speed can be zero!

It's cool to see a nitro plane just hanging there in the air, wings level, about 1/4 throttle, just kinda bubbling around in the exact same spot in the sky.



I've learned you have to be careful not to turn too sharp downwind in a high wind. She'll stall if your airspeed isn't well over wind speed. It's especially important on your downwind leg of landing. Not much altitude at that point.

Have fun with that little plane. I gotta get me a small glow powered. Maybe a 1/2A !!