The wind wasn't howling today but it was strong enough to make
mincemeat of my Hobby Zone T-28. Uncontrollable. It crashed, hard. I put
it back together with hot melt glue but had to sever the rudder
linkage. Too bent. I figured it would do fine on elevator and aileron.
And it did, but the wind caught it again and it went down in the middle
of a playa lake. I figured the wind would eventually blow it ashore, and
it did, after about five hours. My wife, whose patience with my hobby
is saint-like, helped me recover it. I cleaned it under hot running tap
water and then rinsed with bottled water. I'll let it dry overnight and
see whether the electronics survived. I tossed the lipo battery but I've
got two more. Park Flyer type rc aircraft just don't do well in this
area. But I'm getting a better sense of what I want to fly. I tried a
somewhat larger aircraft yesterday and had great results. It was windy,
but a larger and heavier aircraft can handle the wind better.
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