[RKDinOKC]

This wind reminds me of when I used to fly RC planes. Liked flying in wind of around 25 mph cause you could actually take off and land rolling backwards. My planes had flapperons which means the ailerons also worked as flaps. Could put put flaps up instead of down and to change the airfoil creat negative lift like the wings on the back of cars. That way the planes would stay on the ground despite the wind. If you controlled the flapperons and power just right you could do vertical take offs and landings, ie matching the speed of the wind.

Went to an RC field in Atlanta when visiting my brother. The wind got up to 8 mph and they all quit flying and went home. Told them that if we did that in OKC, we would never get to fly.

Understand they don't cancel pattern flying contests (where you precisely fly specific loops, turns, and rolls) unless the wind gets over 35 mph.