Fly In Wind Like a *PRO*
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Our educational videos are written and narrated by Zach - our full-scale professional pilot & instructor who brings both his real-world and RC experience into our videos. This script was also reviewed and given two thumbs up by many fellow full scale and RC pilots, as well as an FAA designated examiner and some aerospace engineers. We hope you found it fun and informational and learned from it as well! 😁
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0:00-0:15 Wind = Bad?
0:15-0:46 What causes weather?
0:46-1:24 Thermal Turbulence
1:24-1:45 Mechanical Turbulence
1:45-2:44 Wind Shear
2:44-3:14 How To Escape Wind Shear
3:14-4:04 How To Read The Wind
4:04-4:32 Taking Off In Wind
4:32-5:44 Landing In Wind
5:45-7:10 Taxi Inputs In Wind
7:10-7:34 Wing Loading & Wind
7:34-7:53 Pilot Induced Oscillations (PIO)
7:53-8:04 Personal Limitations
8:04-8:29 Gyros In Wind
8:29-8:58 Windy Day Fun - บันเทิง
1 time a week isn't enough. The community needs more tail-heavy! :D
I dont know how, but this channel keeps getting better and better.
Theres always wind at my local field. people hate it, but i see it as a fun challange to fly in.
I've got a cheap little 500mm foamy dollar store glider converted into an rc motor glider. If the wind is blowing hard it's the one I'm reaching for. It's only 100g so it gets manhandled by the wind at slow speeds but throttle up and bit, point it into the wind and the game is to use slope soaring techniques to keep it just in front of you. Zig zag left and right. Huge sweeping barrel rolls and loops for days feels like surfing in the wind. Cutting the throttle just before the top of a loop and finishing with a hard back on the elevator makes for a fast on the spot flip losing almost no altitude.
Super fun
If its heading in the right direction for any of my local hills then I'll pull out the slope glider and see how long I can stay up.
It's always windy here, so it's best to just learn to fly in it.
One of my best days flying was also the windiest. I didn't know what I was getting myself into until I was above the tree line. Fortunately I had a couple of hardcore folks who also showed up. They offered encouragement and I managed to get in a couple flights without any mishaps.
Your videos are always on point, super informative, and you’re an excellent narrator! If you keep them up, you’ll have 100x your current subscribers. Please keep them Coming!
Thanks, Jake! Means a lot to hear that. -Zach
so true
I love how you take your knowledge from full scale and apply it RC. Keep it up! Looking forward to your crosswind video
There are so many little girls at your flying field! All that screaming on landing!!!😂😂😂
Whoever is doing the "Wilhelm Scream" at EVERY near disaster deserves an award! Great content, too. I don't know why I don't have some kind of windsock with me every time I go flying.
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Been learning quite a bit from y'all. All the points you hit shined light on myblast couple sessions braving the wind
Little ultrix is the most fun to fly in at least 20mph winds!
"Calm days doesn't make GOOD pilots"!🤷♂️
Best way to learn? Fly gliders on the slope. Get good and if you can fly when it's 20-30mph, do so. It will teach you to work with the wind and not try to fight it, certainly don't fear it.
I'm so glad I found this channel
Fun to watch fellas! Made me miss my Fun Cub. I used to love to helicopter it in at zero ground speed in a headwind!
I like the video. Some advise you have given is great. There are more great tips you left out but I am sure experience is also a great teacher. Good video enjoyed watching.
Great video! I just got my 1st plane (Carbon Cub S2), and where I'm learning it has a cross wind most of the time. Cross wind + really light plane + absolute noob = 😮 ...actually I like the challenge / trial by fire! Thanks for the help!!
Well said lads
Very good knowledge. Love the videos guys and the way you explain stuff 👍
I findyaelf checking for your videos every couple days now....keep it up please your outlook and delivery is a refreshing watch
Thanks, Tory! We upload every Saturday at noon eastern, happy to hear you're enjoying the videos. 💙👍
This is invaluable information. But I think a nearly universal R/C misconception should be addressed first: RC-ers tend to think the ground has some occult influence on our models; we talk of 'downwind stalls' or 'upwind turns' as if the model knew what the ground was doing underneath it. If we were taught to relate our flying craft to the air they fly in, not to the ground we stand on, we would understand these tutorials better. Another dark corner is the difference between wind and turbulence. Coping with laminar wind is a question of airspeed and geometry, while coping with turbulence is a question of wing loading. That distinction is not very well understood by R/C pilots with no full scale background. Thanks a lot for your content, I have enough theoretical, R/C and full scale perspective to see that your videos are exactly what our R/C community needs. A true water fountain in a desert!
Thank you, Henning! We're having fun creating the content and are glad you enjoy it, too. 👍 -Zach
Hovering a plane is just the best. I like to on a day that’s windy but not gusty do EXTREME STOL. I pick a landing spot without a runway and I just kinda hover in. (This is with planes lmao) great video guys. You still haven’t seen wind like I have tho 🤪
Slope soarers are a good example case of deliberately adding ballast for higher winds to increase wind loading to drive more into wind.
Very well edited and filmed video, keep it up!
Flying in hard winds can be alot of fun!!! and as we always have wind here in the Netherlands we can't relly get around it LOL
Great video, thanks
New channel content is awesome.
I like flying in wind because it makes me a better pilot.
video idea: do a review on the 2.0 meter e flite draco.
Yessss!
Man I wish I could cut some sky with you guys.
From my personal experiance in high wind flying ive had some of the worst crashes ever when deploying the flaps they kinda amplify instability and increase the odds of a hard stall
Had a blast flying my home made sub 250 gram wing in 20-25mph winds when they suddenly showed out of nowhere and blew my hat off. A real oh crap moment. my final approach was at a standstill above the ground yet the plane still felt very touchy as if nowhere near its stall speed.
That's awesome! Yep, the headwind acts as additional airspeed which is why "losses" of wind on final can be dangerous when landing. Something important to remember is that a wing can stall at any airspeed. -Zach
@@TailHeavyProductions i think you mean stall at any groundspeed? but yes i know what you mean, love the silly videos
@@maxonheadrick9339 Nope, airspeed. 👍Thank you! We have fun producing them. 😁
When it's windy out here I like to take my UMX turbo Timber out for what I call flying a kite without a string
Nice video! How about a video on flying in low visibility/fog/at night?
a steady, down the runway light to moderate wind makes it easier to take off and land as long as you manage your throttle as needed....
when a variable crosswind shows up I stay out of those shark infested waters
I bought my first plane t28 1.1mm and its flys great even if i'm a beginner (i never flown that plane without safe)
Thanks y'all! I was hoping you'd cover crosswind! It's the one thing I don't feel like Realflight really gives good options to practice dealing with.
they have a crosswind video
@@RCPlaneenthusiast We actually don't have crosswind videos out yet. We hope to soon, though!
@@TailHeavyProductions Oh I must have been misremembering sorry :D
RealFlight has options to change wind gust & turbulence %s, on top of changing wind direction and speed with keyboard buttons.
It's fun challenging my landing reflexes with super high winds
I got tall grass on the side so if i need to emervency land i slow down and crash in it the plane doesent get damage and i dont need to stress is situasions
I like to get the plane and tack back and forth in front of a strong wind using as little motor as possible
Great Video again! Entertaining and informative.
Have you guys ever considered making a discord server? Would be cool to have a community of "outside the box" RC pilots to chat with
Thank you! We do have plans down the road to build a Discord server and grow a fun community of like-minded RC geeks. -Zach
@@TailHeavyProductions sounds awesome!
If the wind is steady it's fun. If it's gusty it's not
I hate the wind. I don't care about any other conditions, as long as its not windy, I will fly. Great video, it has made me slightly more confident to fly in winds now....
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone!
Can't get/be any better if 1 doesn't get outside their comfort zone 🤷♂️
How about making the smallest rc plane?
*** 7:55 *** wise words
Witch tow plane did you fly?
Super Cub 👍 -Zach
I like kiting my tt evo
Surprised no heli guys were flying since a 600 & 700 size is more forgiving in windy conditions
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While a plane will weathervane on the ground, it will NOT in the air.
Can you mention me in your next video?
Y?🤷♂️🤦♂️
@@old-rcplane-phart 💀
I don’t care what anyone says. I’m flying my micro cub in 15 knots crosswind
If you ain’t half out of control in the wind you’re doing it wrong
I got a new plane and the first time I flew it wast windy