FT Mini Explorer--how much wind?

[trombone56]

I need a park flyer that can make headway against a 10mph wind. Is the Mini Explorer up to it? Feel free to make alternative suggestions!

 

[Mr NCT]

I need a park flyer that can make headway against a 10mph wind. Is the Mini Explorer up to it? Feel free to make alternative suggestions!

It will penetrate a steady wind like that if you go with an 850 3s battery. But like any small plane it will be hard to control in gusts if the background wind is 10mph. How much area do you have to fly in?

 

[trombone56]

About an acre, maybe a little more.

 

[Mr NCT]

Then a small or slow plane is best and slow doesn't work well in wind.

 

[JDSnavely]

We always have wind here in Colorado. I agree with Mr. NTC recommendations. The mini explorer doesn't do bad in wind, but it flies more like the night radian glider. If there is no wind, it flies as though it has stabilization. Use the 3S battery in the wind. 2S or 3S without wind.