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

[CHAD NORTHEAST]

Ahhh its not that bad Karl....the windchill was only -32C (-26F) here this morning :-) 

We have flown sport planes at -20C, the equipment will tolerate more cold than your skin will.  Guys will fly until its uncomfortable to be outside and some tolerate it more than others!  I dont do much flying outside below -10C (14F).

The biggest concern is battery life, you wont get nearly the flights in cold weather that you will in warm weather....fast charge often.  Also I would be concerned flying a composite fuse like ZN or PL planes in weather much colder than -5C or -10C.

Chad

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl G. Mueller" <kgamueller at rogers.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 5, 2005 7:53 am
Subject: Re: Temperatures acceptable for equipment while flying.....?

> 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
> 
> 
> 
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  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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