Focus On Snow

[Anthony Romano]

I fly a lot on skis and generally don't like to fly contest planes below 
about 45 degrees. I usually recommend something easy to land because flight 
times are usually limited by the loss of feeling in the fingers not fuel. 
You also want a plane that is easy to assemble and start since both can be 
difficult in winter conditions. Pay attention to you batteries since cold is 
not nice to them either. Ideally, set up the plane before it gets real cold 
because you don't want to be fiddling with needles in cold weather and DON'T 
SPILL FUEL ON YOUR HANDS!
You might try the women's little cotton stretch gloves these are tight 
enough you can feel the sticks but warmer than bare hands. If you have big 
hands then these may not fit and you can experiment with cutting of finger 
tips of cheap ski gloves. Also, some guys buy/make a big TX glove that 
covers the whole TX but they tend to be awkward at best.
Skis will add drag and make trim changes so make sure your model is 
adequately powered. I use an old Kyosho Aurum, with some Al skis that I have 
had for years and currently a TT .46. I can fit it in my van with the wing 
on and the engine after some careful tuning starts pretty easily and 
landings are uneventful. Also flew a CG Extra 300 with a YS 1.20 on skis and 
that also worked very well. If something happened to the Aurum I would by 
another similar sized ARF for this purpose.

Anthony





>From: Ron Van Putte <vanputte at nuc.net>
>Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>To: discussion at nsrca.org
>Subject: Re: Focus On Snow
>Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 15:08:27 -0600
>
>
>RC Steve Sterling wrote:
>
>>Anybody ever put a Focus or equiv. on skis? Gee, fixed gear, tail dragger, 
>>all the right attributes.
>
>Skis?  Wouldn't it sink in the water?  Oh, you meant off snow?  <VBG>
>
>Ron Van Putte
>Northwest Florida
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