Gloves / WAS RE: Focus On Snow

[Rick Wallace]

Another answer is nomex military aviator / armored crew gloves. Nomex back, 
capeskin (thin leather palms/ fingertips) - they give good feel for working 
on the flightline, and they're better than any glove I've tried for flying.


>Gloves...
>
>I've found the best bet on gloves for flying are Winter Golf gloves.  
>They're tight fitting, and are padded mostly on the backs for warmth with 
>only leather on the fingers giving you some feel for the sticks.  Not 
>perfect, but pretty good.
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>From: 	Anthony Romano [mailto:anthonyr105 at hotmail.com]
>Sent:	Monday, December 16, 2002 11:05 AM
>To:	discussion at nsrca.org
>Subject:	Re: Focus On Snow
>
>
>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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