Some advice please from fellow pilots,
I live in Avonmouth, Bristol ,England and being on the Atlantic Coastal the wind blows just about all the time.
What's more it rarely blows under the magic 5 mph that my Super cub enjoys.

While like lots of you I have flown my SC in stronger winds but while I suppose it is a challenge it is not realy fun,
and can be dangerous if the SC gets away from you and hits someting or someone.

So the thing is, does more power ,either by battery or bigger motor or both allow for flying in stronger winds or is the light weight the issue?
if it's is impracticle to get the SC to fly in stronger winds what is the alternative?

There are so many models out there it is bewildering.I like the foam as it is so repairable but there are so many and do they all also suffer from winds over 5 mph?
It has to be electric, with easily obtainable spares for the inevitable crash,and removable wing as i live in a small flat with NO space!!
All sugestions greatfully received.
Alistair

What wind speeds are you experiencing?

I fly a Nitropowered Big Stick .60 in 20mph+ winds all the time and never have problems.

If anything the winds make flying the Stick more fun, so whenever the winds are high, that's the plane that goes to the field with me.

I can imagine that a Cub is not going to penetrate the wind at all.

never meaured it but, I would think that would be max wind speed I would try in. at 10 mph the cub is no fun realy and that is a common mimimum wind speed here.
got to be electric with removable wings no nitro i'm afraid and preferably rtf
Alistair

Unfortunately you are going to need a bigger heavier plane, preferably with thin wings ( though my Stick has thick wings ) to cut through the wind.

sounds like a good place to slope soar!

Mate, check out this web site www.xcweather.co.uk for a good forecast of wind and weather situations in your area. Sounds like you might need to think about electrifying a bigger model, plenty of help here or closer to home www.rcmf.co.uk. A .40 sized trainer or scale cub/citabria/cessna etc
suitably electrified should be able to cope with winds up to 15mph, perhaps a bit more if you don't have any obstacles which cause turbulence.

Regards,
Andy

Thanks Andy,
The weather link is very handy especially since it shows my local air field which is just up the road.
I would like a 40 size as my next plane but they mostly seem to be glow motors and I don't want to go down that road. To convert to a glow deign to EP means understanding the relationship between motor batter prop plane weight flying style ect all of which is at this time way out of my comfort zone.
The only thing I have found which also has a couple of large build threads us the Hanger 9 Sopwith Camel and even that has a large debate over the recommended power46 size motor is ok or if it is better to go up to a 60.
I have looked in a couple of shops at what is there but they are all very glow orientated apart from basic EP trainers.
I am advised by a couple of shops to keep my search down to J Perkins supplied products due spares availability being good from them and I now under stand that it is unusual for the wings not to be removable so that is one concern that is sorted, any way I will just have to spend more time on research I guess.
Regards
Alistair

Alistair - if you'd rather stick to electric models, take a look at the Multiplex Twinstar II - I have one and it flies quite well in wind speeds I don't dare fly my other models! If you don't want a twin, then the Multiplex Easy Star is said to be good in wind, too, but I don't have one of those!