Wind limit
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Tony
Staff member
Not me bro. It's been very dry and hot here for the last few years. We were under a severe drought here, and the lakes are OVER 10' low. this rain is just starting to put things back to normal. However, the freezes we have been having have all but killed the wheat crop around here. Like me, Oklahoma can't win for losing.
Lee
Well-Known Member
I had a lucky morning after talking about too much wind. Looked outside, wind was howling, looked at the weather station near the field and it said 1 to 4 mph!!!!! Off we go.
Go there to see the weirdest phenomena. Windy in town, windy up till 200m from the field, then nothing. Calm as calm can be. Flew 4 packs on the Warp and still no wind although i could see the trees in the distance bending over and the water on the sea foaming??? Beeeeeeezarrrrrr
Go there to see the weirdest phenomena. Windy in town, windy up till 200m from the field, then nothing. Calm as calm can be. Flew 4 packs on the Warp and still no wind although i could see the trees in the distance bending over and the water on the sea foaming??? Beeeeeeezarrrrrr
callsign4223
Staff member
Did they dome your field while you weren't watching?
Winds are around 20 mph with higher gusts here in NE GA this morning and thunder showers are near. Still being a novice my worst crashes have been due to wind gusts when I was just learning control in light winds. Since I've learned to handle the gusts the crashes have been less and not as bad. I'll be working all day today and tomorrow so I will not be flying anyway. All I can hope for is good weather on Sunday.
Roger
Roger
I figured I'd try it out. Still learning the limits of using larger helis. While it did bob up and down in a borderline uncontrolled manner, it did not get blown from position too much. If I had been doing any kind of higher angle of attack flying, though, I think it would have been very heavily influenced. Lesson learned.
try living where i am in dalian china, its all coastal and even loverly sunny days like today are really windy, im trying my best to fly and doing really well considering but sometimes the winds just takes my little bird skyward which is interesting, im only flying my little V120 because i think the 450 will just crash, as im still a rookie but im almost ready to try fliping the 120 upside down, wish me luck hehehehe
You may be surprised with the 450. In general, the larger the heli the more stable they are, including in wind. That day I flew the 550 I would never have dreamed of flying my 120SR or nano cpx (or the 300 I got a couple days later).
That said, a mistake with a 120 is probably going to cost less than a 450, so proceed as you are comfortable.
That said, a mistake with a 120 is probably going to cost less than a 450, so proceed as you are comfortable.