N017RW
Premium Pilot
KevinH said:I don't have a Phantom (yet), hopefully very soon, but having flown R/C for a long time I haven't heard anyone talk about wind factor. Seems to me that this machine would act like any other R/C craft, thus your best bet is to be pointed into the wind for takeoff and landings. This holds true for real aircraft as well.
I really haven't heard too many people talk about using an approach for landing (again into the wind). Most of the time like 95% rotor wing aircraft make an approach for landing. Sure they come to a hover a few feet off the ground before landing, but typically not hundreds of feet.
With these aircraft some of the old rules of thumb can be ignored.
For the beginner, the wind direction is not really as important as the pilot's Point of View.
The flight control system will keep it level regardless of the wind's direction but as soon as the aircraft is sideways or, worse yet, reversed as compared to the piolot's POV, the controls can be confusing quickly.
Keep it "Tail in" (as we used to say with CP helis) at first so the aircraft's movements are the same as the stick inputs.