Flight #12 - Too much wind for a beginner....

First flight on day 3 of owning this heli and this is what happens. I started out flying a cheap $15 co-axial heli and jumped straight to this 2 days later. I realize CP heli's are much harder to fly, but I am always up for a challenge. Oddly enough, this is the first crash in 12 flights, and the first flight I recorded. I think a combination of lack of skill and inappropriate winds were what caused this.

As soon as the heli got a bit higher it became hugely affected by the wind pushing it back towards me. I fought it a fewtimes and even turned down the engine to bring it down, but obviously not enough as the wind finally took it, I had the stick all the way forward to try and recover, but there was no turning back. I lowered the engine even further and the result quickly followed...

Wind was 26Kph, gusting 33...doh.

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