All good advice. As was said, practice with rudder. It's hard to get in the habit, but it's a good habit to get into. Even after a couple years, I still find myself having to think about rudder when I need it most. It's very easy to forget, and rudder is your friend!

Another thing to remember would be that the plane doesn't know it's windy, only you do. Having said that, once you understand why the plane does what it does, and how to anticipate that, the wind isn't all that bad. Sure it's nerve racking but that rush you get when you encounter conditions you find less than desireable and you've beaten it into submission is pretty cool.

Have fun with the stick. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

LOL  on the Sim how practicing with the rudder and ailerons now  you must have a mind wave here 

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I have a very light Ultrafly Super Decathlon with a Rimfire 400 and 1550Mah 30C lipo. I love to fly this short-fuz plane in strong wind. It is like surfing the wave and I have great fun to make it stand still in the sky above me, or if the wind is strong enough, let it go backwards. As said above, the rudder is your friend, and the plane will fly better if it is heavy, but it does not have to be. All you need to keep in mind is the wind-gradient. The wind blows lighter near the ground, and it can be turbulent as well. Come in with plenty power, and cut the throttle once you are on the ground. To let it glide in, you are going to need a lot of speed, as the relative wind over the wings get less and less nearer the ground, you must compensate for it by speeding up, otherwise you will stall the plane a few feet up, and she might drop a wing and cartwheel in, or the U/C will get a pounding.

yea my thing is learning to keep the speed up close to the ground gonna have to try more of that on the sim with the lighter trainers

I have pretty well learned to fly in the wind now but this Mini Telemaster gets real touchy when trying to land at lower speeds in windy conditions  got a bigger trainer ordered but if i can learn to set this one down in a strong wind  I will probably be better off in the long run.

I dont have any trouble landing at all with the heavier planes on the simulator at higher air speeds, that is pretty easy,  but these floaters do not want to stop flying and when they do, they want to tip.

an avistar with a straight(no dihedral) wing works great in 30 mph winds

My Ultra Stick is a blast in the wind. I once had a deadstick in about 15 mph winds. I ruddered it around and the flare stopped it cold on groundspeed. The wheels could have been eggs and not broken when it settled in straight down.