I bought a little wind gauge, and I've been measuring the wind at various flying sites. I find that a steady wind of anything up to 15mph is manageable. However, it's turbulence that can make things difficult. For example, I live near the ocean, and over the water things are usually rather straighforward. However, there are seacliffs around here of 10-100 feet, and anywhere near the cliffs the winds get all wonky and can really cause trouble, even on a day with relatively calm winds. For me, though, the flying is all about photos and video, so that's my issue. Just plain flying is another matter. But I typically don't fly without a camera on board. Here is the wind gauge I use: http://www.amazon.com/Ambient-Weather-WM-2-Windspeed-Temperature/dp/B005DF9VUC
Steve just a suggestion. Don't wear you beam me up scotty quad flying hat. It might skew the readings...
Ok thanks, i use a brushless gimbal so the pictue is pretty good always but i am a bit worryed about how much wind my CS6 can handle. But i have never seen anyone crash there multirotor becouse of wind soo :-/
I suspect there are some tunings for your flight control system that you could make that would help in very windy conditions. For example, I would imagine that you'd want to have more manual control, as the copter's not likely to have much luck using automatic systems in a very strong wind. But I am just guessing. Personally, my agreement with folks for whom I fly (not commercially, of course ) is that I cannot fly if surface winds exceeds 15MPH.