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Most of my flights so far have been done in fairly windy conditions. In GPS mode doing a straight down descent then is equivalent to flying with a horizontal speed equal to the wind speed. When I descended fast I usually gave some extra stick in the direction of the wind. I think it's a safe habit to make the Phantom fly into the wind when you descend more rapidly. You'll avoid high ground speeds that way.
If there is no reason to do otherwise it might also be a good habit to set Course Lock orientation facing the wind. That way you can always compensate wind drift in CL giving forward stick and do the same when descending rapidly.
If there is no reason to do otherwise it might also be a good habit to set Course Lock orientation facing the wind. That way you can always compensate wind drift in CL giving forward stick and do the same when descending rapidly.