How windy is too windy?

[Edfrombama]

Good morning to all-
Well, Fellers, I thought about taking a small airplane down to the flying field for an early morning flight, but the breeze had already filled in, and the trees out front were bending and rolling, so... no flying for me this morning.

I wondered and will make so bold as to ask, "How do you judge when it's too windy to fly your rc planes?"

For me, when the trees are moving- it's too strong. and when I get at the field and put the little plane on the pavement for takeoff- if the breeze moves the plane backwards, it's too strong for flying.

Interested to see how you Fellers judge wind.

you all be safe and keep well- Ed

 

[Tunedfrog]

I like to fly my micros and any breeze at all they stay in the house.
I had one I wasn't sure was coming back when the wind was blowing, it really was a struggle.

 

[Xraycer]

For me: 1 mph

 

[Chubaka]

Long time ago I had an air hogs heli. A flys fart could put it in a tail spin!

 

[Doom!]

10 mph is my max these days. but for micros a little less. Micros get bounced around pretty good in the air, but the problem is landing when they are getting bounced by turbulence, they can suddenly drop without warning which is very counter productive.

 

[Xraycer]

10 mph is my max these days. but for micros a little less. Micros bet bounced around pretty good in the air but the problem is landing when they are getting bounced by turbulence, they can suddenly drop without warning which is very counter productive.

I have the natural ability to nose dive land the same for every conditions!

 

[CertifiedMike]

10 mph is my max these days. but for micros a little less. Micros bet bounced around pretty good in the air but the problem is landing when they are getting bounced by turbulence, they can suddenly drop without warning which is very counter productive.

My mini drones get blown around pretty easily. Sudden drops are pretty common. My mini even came with a crash bar around the blades. They must have figured on a bunch of us bad flyers I guess!!!

 

[fstnd]

My RC plane instructor taught me last time during such winds that it was literally landing like butter, but after coming to a stop, the wind blew it onto its nose lol

 

[PewPewChris]

Depends on the size/weight of the aircraft and the skill of the pilot. I'll fly in anything up to 10mph with gusting to 15mph, but no micro's will come out unless it's a 5-10mph kind of day.

 

[KStephens]

Good morning to all-
Well, Fellers, I thought about taking a small airplane down to the flying field for an early morning flight, but the breeze had already filled in, and the trees out front were bending and rolling, so... no flying for me this morning.

I wondered and will make so bold as to ask, "How do you judge when it's too windy to fly your rc planes?"

For me, when the trees are moving- it's too strong. and when I get at the field and put the little plane on the pavement for takeoff- if the breeze moves the plane backwards, it's too strong for flying.

Interested to see how you Fellers judge wind.

you all be safe and keep well- Ed

When I flew my I used 30kph as my limit. however, your personal limits may be different based on skill, airplane being flown, how many hours on that airplane, etc. need to be considered too. Is the wind gusty and variable in direction is a huge item to watch for.

 

[gragner66]

I flew my drone a few miles out side of a hurricane a few years ago. Now I don’t have a drone anymore lol. It got turned upside down and slammed on the neighbors roof! I think that may have been too windy. Lol

 

[Hobbydude2]

I like to fly my micros and any breeze at all they stay in the house.
I had one I wasn't sure was coming back when the wind was blowing, it really was a struggle.

My S2 micro cub was zany on a gusty 6mph, it climbed way up probably more than 200feet. I thought OH Crap! So I got it over head and just put it in a spiral to get it back down, it took a good 8 minutes or longer to get it down.

 

[Hobbydude2]

If it keeps being too windy, time to break down and get a balsa or fiber glass Byron Original nitro. Those birds are very close to full sized birds, and they just laugh at winds over 10mph.