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Old 09-16-2008 | 09:48 AM
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Default RE: Judging to much wind?

Well, I did fly at beech field, but I think its too small and I won't be flying anything large there (working on a CG 1/4 Sukhoi 26 for next season), but I started flying at chapin, until I crashed (for the second time this season) and took a break.

Chapin is nice because its basically a field, not a runway, so its almost like cheating the wind. Beech is a pain if the wind is from any direction other than due north or south. The beech runway being due North-south makes it difficult on days when the wind has variable direction or even constantly from an ordinal direction. The fact that its narrow and its surrounded by a hill and pilot box on the west, a gully on the east, a drop-off on the north, and a hill on the south means that you pretty much have to hit the runway or go around for another try.