The Best Way to Launch a RC Wing

Guys, let me just say that I've thrown this plane into the ground quite a few times from failed attempts at launches. You can see the guys at flitetest launch their wings sidetoss, like this.

Unless you have a plane that can go vertical, it can be incredibly sketchy. It can roll harshly one way or yaw really bad and it can just go downhill from there.

Now I'm not saying that that way doesn't work, I just haven't been able to get it to work on my large wing.

So I started looking around and looked more into the "overhead" launch

Let me just say that it works. It is really nerveracking at first, but once you do it you will never go back. 

It works so great because the plane is already traveling so fast when it is leaving your hand. Not to mention that you would have to try to get the plane to hit yourself, whereas some of the types of launches can hit yourself very easily. Also your hand is already traveling towards the controller, so there is minimal time from plane to controls. Now this does obviously work with all sizes of wings, but it really is a good method for bigger wings that don't have an immense power system, like my wing. This launch style is really "optomized" for big FPV wings.

Hopefully you guys found this simple article to be useful, I know it is making my flights with my wings much more enjoyable.