Wind Effect

[Lindsay]

Even with a 1 m/s wind, the plane does all sorts of weird spins and nose and tail dips while sitting on the tarmac! Hard to see how this is normal. Does this happen with everyone? Any fixes??

[TreeHugger]

Hi Lindsay,

this might be an issue with the ground behaviour of some of the models. If the airplane flies normally, but does weird things on the runway, usually the gear is not set up well. Try hand-launch (key R) as a quick remedy!

Regards,
Frank

[ggunners]

Also remember that the gusts are cumulative. They add to the effect of the wind not included with the wind. So 1 m/s with 1 m/s gusts is 2 m/s when everything lines up and gusts can come from many directions. So, keep the gusts low. Also, lighter models bounce around more even in the air, as you'd expect.

Treehugger is right too. If the model is bouncing on the landing gear, it will seem a bit possessed. How appropriate for All Hollows Eve.

-- ggunners

[TreeHugger]

[Lindsay]