hovering with wind
 

hey can anyone give me some tips to hover with heavy winds anyoen tried this? today winds were at around 7-10mph very strong wing it was almost impossible to harrier forward because the plane started going backwards :P :)

hovering with wind
 

If there is a way to do it I dont know. I also was going backwards today in a harrier.

overing in the wind
 

One way to look at it: If you can hover, AND you can fly level at full throttle, then in theory, you should be able to fly at every airspeed in between! Just match the windspeed :)

In a hover, the prop is providing all of the lift. In "conventional" level flight, the wings are providing all of the lift. And in a harrier, the prop and the wings are sharing the load.
What happens in strong wind is, you start drifting backwards. At this time you would add power, increasing your airspeed. This will increase the lift provided by the wing. In order to keep the equation balanced, you will now need to decrease the lift provided by the prop. Do this by releaving some back pressure and letting the nose come down. (wordy enough?)

Now you complain that your harrier doesn't look like a harrier! Just slow flight into the wind! I agree! This is no longer "3D" flight! It's just an old trick we all used to perform, slop soaring our Wanderers on a windy day.

You want to "3D" hover into the wind. You have to take the wing out of the equation!! You asked for it!! Knife edge! This greatly dampens the ballon effect of bringing the nose up when attempting to slow down a harrier. Try it!! It looks completely un-natural!!

Also, the closer to the ground, the weaker the wind.. You can hover very nose high in heavy winds when you're just a inches off the deck.. :) If you wanna hover with the nose pointed straight up. You're just gonna have to watch it drift down-wind.. (Also looks neat)


Cliffhanger

hovering with wind
 

Good thread_Bob