Temperatures acceptable for equipment while flying.....?

[randy10926 at comcast.net]

Wonder how well a frozen battery works?  Man that's cold Karl - I would keep inside also, maybe until June.

Randy - getting too long for the cold

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Chris,

Extreme cold and ultra violet rays will make most plastics more brittle.
You will not get as much power out of your batteries as would in warmer
weather.
In the years when we were running the .60 size engines we would use
Lighter Fluid to get the engines started. 
Now I just don't go out any more in the cold weather. It does not get as cold
around here (Toronto.Ontario) as it does out west. They were having -35 Cº
with a wind chill  to - 45 Cº.  Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
You wont stay outside longer than you have too at these temps.

Karl G. Mueller
kgamueller at rogers.com



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From: White, Chris 
To: discussion at nsrca.org 
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 8:05 AM
Subject: Temperatures acceptable for equipment while flying.....?


Hi,

Hey, I was out flying on Christmas Eve in OK and it was about 22 degrees.....  I spent extra time warming the YS at idle, but thoughts were crossing my mind about how bad the cold weather is on our equipment (nylon components etc....) .  I'm sure the guys up North have limits on cold temps and I'd be interested to hear your concerns or special cares.

I'm running a balsa/foam airplane, YS140 Sport (30% CP Heli fuel), and a JR PCM 10X with Digitals and Nimh batteries.

Thanks for your feedback....!
Chris White 
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