[RKDinOKC]

If wind like this was fairly steady it was fun to fly R/C planes in it.

Had my plane setup with flapperons.
The ailerons worked as both ailerons and flaps.
The flaps would go up as well as down making the aerofoil of the wing upside down.
With the flaps up negative lift would hold the plane on ground in the wind.

Got pretty good at dialing the flaps to make a normal looking landings when making a slow flyby going into the wind. Or even a Vertical or even flying backwards with respect to the ground landings. Flying backwards touch and go's were fun. Also used them a couple of times to nurse speed and altitude management to glide the plane back to the pilot station when the engine died at inopportune places.

I was one of the first one's at our flying field to start setting up my planes like this using the new computer radios. All the old farts made comments about how they were just more complicated with more stuff to go wrong. Then, a few months later, the same old farts were out there with their planes set up the same way with new computer radios telling everyone how much fun it was.