hi i am new to rc planes,

i have the art-tech cessna 182

and it is a brushed motor and nihm battery.

i keep crashing it due to the winds (10mph winds)

i have to keep buying new wings etc...

i heard that if i upgrade to a brushless motor and li pol batterys that it can fly in the wind better.


you guys have any idea how to upgrade these parts?

and what parts i need.

i am on a low budget

thank you

Adding power will only make it crash harder and faster. Flying in less wind or choosing a heavier model with a better ability to handle wind, preferably a trainer and not a scale model, may help.

ok thanks for the quick reply, the only problem is that the winds over here in the uk are always around 10mph or more.

yesterday there was no wind which was great for my plane.


but in winds of around 10mph as soon as i try to turn the plane around in to the wind it wont and what happened today was that it flew off onto someones garden out of sight and crashed, lol


have you got any tips for making my wings stronger.

it is made out of foam.

Add packing tape to the leading edges. You can also bury carbon fiber rods in the underside, but that's a major undertaking. Gluing or taping thin (3mm square) spruce strips to the underside may help. Even balsa probably wouldn't hurt other than the weight penalty.

Here's the harsh reality. You have a model with about a 1 meter wingspan. The real 182 has 36 feet of wingspan, or about 11M. A 10 mph wind to your model would be like a 110 mph wind to the real airplane. A good full-scale pilot in those conditions would probably do no better than you are doing.

Sorry, I really don't mean to be cruel but there are some harsh realities that have to be worked around.

Post script - I have very little experience with either form or small electric aircraft so we'll have to find someone here who know about both. Don't despair just yet.

The one I do own (a Fighterbird) is near uncontrollable in anything over 4 or 5 knots of wind. Make it 7 or 8 Km/hr. In less than that is is only slightly more controllable.

ok thanks, it has problems taking off at the moment, i think it is at its weight limit,

i will try looking for some rods,

thank you for the advice.

i think in the long run it will be cheaper for me to move to a country with less wind. than buying more wings, lol

More power, if you can do it without adding much weight, might save you in some situations. Like when you are doing a landing approach and realise it is going bad; then you can just power out of it.

I do not know the particulars of your plane or your skill, but a different plane might also help. My GWS Formosa (low wing aerobatic plane with some extra power and weight) seems to handle wind much better than my GWS E-Starter (high wing trainer, built light).

What kind of a flying site do you have? A steady wind in a large field may be much easier to handle than a small clearing surrounded by obstacles that make the wind "bumpy". When the wind hits an obstacle it does not go through it: it goes around and starts bouncing off stuff... and then your plane bounces with the wind.

Another thing: when the wind is blowing, your plane flies in the mass of air. It does not care how fast it is flying relative to the ground. Maintain air speed.

ok thank you,

i was looking at getting the art-tech mustang it is brushless and lipo and it looks a little heavier,

you guys think it will be a good second plane