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

[Karl G. Mueller]

Chad,

Those were the temps they had in Winnipeg. It blows pretty good out
there most of the time. You guys must be living in a more protected
area. Our area is considered to be the "Banana Belt". It doesn't get
down to -20 Cº very often. Still don't like to go out and freeze my butt
off.
Been there, done that. Used to put skis on the planes. It was nice to
go out in a wide open field and take off and land anywhere. It would be
a little more challenging to taxi when there was a light crust on the snow
and the wind was coming right across. Your plane would be going down
wind whether you liked it or not. Ah...those were the days.
Now I stay a little closer to the fireplace on cold days.

Karl G. Mueller
kgamueller at rogers.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CHAD NORTHEAST" <chadnortheast at shaw.ca>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: Temperatures acceptable for equipment while flying.....?


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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