RUDY..ZUPPPPP
618 posts
Dec 02, 2007
2:09 PM
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Zupppppppppppp Guyzzzzzzzzzz
How many of you all fly in strong winds??
10-20-30 MPH WINDS ??????
RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
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PR_rollers
175 posts
Dec 02, 2007
2:30 PM
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Rudy ,I don't like flying my youngster in any kind of wind .it makes them fly around trees and houses in a zigzagging way.and its a bad habit to developed of youngster.. when they a little older flying in winds once in a while will help them learn to fly strong and developed strength to fly against it.in case of being drag away..
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Ralph....
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Electric-man
919 posts
Dec 02, 2007
2:38 PM
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I agree with Ralph. I just got finished flying my oldest two kits! Kept my youngsters in though. Don't always fly in the wind, but lately, there is no choice!
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Val
"Site Moderator"
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Santandercol
1731 posts
Dec 02, 2007
2:38 PM
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I'll fly a strong kit in up to 15,but always kick myself when I do and they disappear over the treetops and I don't see 'em for 5 minutes.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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RUDY..ZUPPPPP
619 posts
Dec 02, 2007
2:44 PM
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OK today i flew in 30 mph winds they did ok........lol
Last year i had danny horner bird was 45 mph winds as soon as he rolled he was fling 60 ft he rolled and wind caught it it dropped down like a scud missile...
bye bye bird i guess my fault....
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RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
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Donny James
151 posts
Dec 02, 2007
3:52 PM
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hay rudy i don't they will get blow away and i see it in person at other people loft and none came back.........donny james
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gotspin7
716 posts
Dec 02, 2007
3:55 PM
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I flew today in 17 mile an hour winds!
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Sal Ortiz
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Windjammer Loft
82 posts
Dec 02, 2007
4:06 PM
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I like to build up my birds endurance. I check with the Weatherbug on my puter everyday. This way I can keep track of how strong the winds are and check the barometric pressure too. I've flown my birds with winds up to 30mph gusts. I haven't lost a bird yet due to the wind.
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Fly High and Roll On
Paul
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classicpony
577 posts
Dec 02, 2007
8:33 PM
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Nope don't fly if its over 15-20 mph wind same with snow on the ground unless I want to take a chance of losing my kit or some great birds.
Jim
Illinois
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wishiwon2
18 posts
Dec 03, 2007
10:49 PM
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Hey Rudy,
I fly when its windy. Not because I like it, but its justthe conditions i have. I have a 30 mph wind sock, which means it takes 30 mph wind to make it stand straight out. I try to not fly in above 30 mph winds, but i regularly fly in 15-25. In 7 yrs at this location I have never lost a bird in an overfly that was wind related (knock on wood). I believe the birds sorta get used to it.
The major problem I have from flying in the wind is young birds dont want to get any height. They fly around at 10-50 feet. Not good if have any 20-30 footers... I watch close and if flying low is becoming habitual, I hold em in for a while, feed them up a bit and wait for a day with minimal wind. Trying to break up their cycle. I dont know what your place looks like but here its wide open country, not alot of trees or terrain. Its windy (>15 mph) 50% 0f the time.
I dont like it, but its just how it is. My day to fly Fall finals, windy. 30 mph sustained gusting to 45. The birds sucked, they were just trying to stay together and survive ... lol. What else can you do? The plus side, I have minimal BOP issues.
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sundance
309 posts
Dec 04, 2007
5:04 PM
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I`ll fly in 15 to 20 mph wind with birds 6 to 8 months and older. It seems to screw up the youngsters.
I think the older birds need to be used to it on occasion, cause you never know when you`ll have to fly them in that kind of wind on a comp. fly day. Just my thoughts
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Butch @
Sundance Roller Lofts
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RUDY..ZUPPPPP
1671 posts
Jun 01, 2008
10:46 AM
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Here in west texas is mostly breezy in morning and evening
thats why i fly in the wind......
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RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
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Ty Coleman
353 posts
Jun 01, 2008
11:09 AM
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Ive talked to a few older rollermen who say its good to fly in the wind, one actually said it seperates the men from the boys because if they can ball it up in 30 mph winds and return to the kit you have a true roller and the other reason is it might be windy the day of your comp fly.I didnt ask about young birds and they wernt mentioned in our conversation.
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Ty
Vapor Trail Lofts
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sippi
300 posts
Jun 01, 2008
2:09 PM
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I fly my birms up to twenty MPH much more than that and they cant roll just build wing time. I fly my FOR's up to forty MPH, they like it. They will do some of thier best at twenty-thirty. I try not to fly my young birds in too much wind but I am eight miles off the coast and it is blowing some all the time.
Sippi
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tapp
577 posts
Jun 01, 2008
3:53 PM
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Were I'm At If I don't fly in the wind I would never get to fly! 30+ mph winds are to much they will fly off down wind out of sight.
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Tapp
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Ty Coleman
361 posts
Jun 01, 2008
6:07 PM
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This thread makes me wonder what happened to my birds that got caught in the tornado, i wonder if that qualifies as a overfly.lol
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Ty
Vapor Trail Lofts
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RUDY..ZUPPPPP
GOLD MEMBER
2353 posts
Dec 19, 2008
6:03 AM
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It qualifies as a overfly Ty...........lol
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RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
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brudahpete
342 posts
Dec 19, 2008
6:13 AM
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I have no coice but to fly in wind. I have very few calm days. I do not fly in 25 + mph winds, too many rolldowns in high winds.
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spinningdemon
104 posts
Dec 19, 2008
8:03 AM
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I fly in winds less then 25 or so I do not let the youngsters out though like Ralph said it gets them doing bad things.
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David Curneal
Performance breeds since 1973
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Square
622 posts
Dec 19, 2008
10:52 AM
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I fly in the wind constantly, The past two places ive lives have been windy, thats why I like my birds alittle bigger. It's less of a impact on them when I break them dowwn. I also believe it weeds out the weaker flyers...
Square.
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"Home of the Ghost Town Roller"
K.C.R.C
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Roll Down
40 posts
Dec 19, 2008
11:43 AM
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Like "Square" I fly in the wind constantly but with all due respect, I have to disagree with you that the bigger birds do better in the wind. I find just the opposite.
The smaller birds do better not only in a wind ( less resistance ) but roll much tighter than the bigger ones.
For example: If you roll a golf ball and a tennis ball across the floor for a distance of 10 feet say, and count the number of revolutions each makes in travelling the same distance,you will see why the smaller object or bird is much tighter and faster spinning than the larger one.
I am trying to get them all under 8 inches from the nape of the neck to the tail. None of the hens I am breeding from are over seven and one half inches from nape of neck to end of tail.
Just my humble opinion.
George D.
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Square
625 posts
Dec 19, 2008
11:56 AM
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yea I get ya, alot of folks like the smaller bird based on the whole restance thing. But for me and my birds in specific, its harder to widdle down a small pigeon and expect it to holdup in a sustaned 15mph wind. Thats just my birds, I can widdle the bigger birds down without much of a impact on their performance or them getting blown away,, it's just a matter of prefrence for me .. I am certain that there are families of small birds that will have no problem in high winds, just not mine
square
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"Home of the Ghost Town Roller"
K.C.R.C
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T.K.
7 posts
Dec 19, 2008
4:16 PM
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I think that it makes a difference what family of birds you fly,as since I have been flying the mee family they are a stronger bird and love to fly in the wind. In fact they set up better and break better together if there face is in the teeth of a wind here in Mi. Terry
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