ORIGINAL: Spacemonkey71
The most suprising I've ever seen is the Cub - the fuselage of these planes have a very large cross section that in wind more than 3-5mph will make it crab ALOT. I didn't really think about this one being hard to fly until I started paying attention to a guy one afternoon and, even though the wind wasn't "bad", you could visually observe the plane being blown left and right.
Then there's the Edge 260/540/etc.. + the sukhoi and Yak acrobatic sports planes - in the hands of a novice, these plane's lifespan can be measured with an egg timer. Some people say they aren't hard to fly, but these seem to be the same people with 10 years of experience
It is very interesting that you said this. My e-flite apprentice had no control and would never do what I told it to do. It was as if the wind had a transmitter for it too, lol. It kept circling around in circles until it blew away. I never found it. I think the wind that day was 3-5 mph too. What do you think about this?
I'm reading this thread because it applies to me. A family member gave me a 33% extra 300 because he doesn't fly anymore, and I plan on taking this to the field instructor, hahahaha! Will this give him a nightmare, lol?
My experience thus far has been with an apprentice until the disaster, 2 other electric trainers, and I've mastered all the planes (takeoff, flying, and landing) on my G4.5 simulator which I've spent 3 months practicing.