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

[Eddie Batchelor]

Ok now you started something. I'm sure everyone know what Foster Brooks said
about IceFishing.

"By the time he & his brother-in-law cut a hole big enough to launch the
boat, they were too tired to fish."
  -----Original Message-----
  From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On
Behalf Of Wayne Galligan
  Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 5:06 PM
  To: discussion at nsrca.org
  Subject: Re: Temperatures acceptable for equipment while flying.....?


  Neither does dynomite and ice fishing

  Two guys out ice fishing and they forgot the hole boring machine.  Being
construction workers they had some dyomite in the bed of the truck so they
decided to blow a hole in the ice to go fishing.   They drive out onto the
ice at the location they wanted to fish and lit up a stick and tossed it as
far as he could.   His trusty dog SPOT thought ...."OH boy... lets chase the
stick "  so the dog proceeded to retrieve the stick of dynomite.  The guys
start yelling and screaming at the dawg thinking he might drop it. But
amidst all the yelling and confusion the poor dawg decides to hide under the
F250 diesel 4x4.    Seconds later.... no dawg...no truck.... only a big ole
hole in the ice to go fishing in.


    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Tim Taylor
    To: discussion at nsrca.org
    Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 4:11 PM
    Subject: Re: Temperatures acceptable for equipment while flying.....?


    Chainsaws and fishing DO NOT go together.
      ----- Original Message -----
      From: Jeff Hughes
      To: discussion at nsrca.org
      Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 4:52 PM
      Subject: Re: Temperatures acceptable for equipment while flying.....?


      So how do you guys ice fish down there?
        ----- Original Message -----
        From: Earl Haury
        To: discussion at nsrca.org
        Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 10:18 AM
        Subject: Re: Temperatures acceptable for equipment while
flying.....?


        Chris

        I pretty much agree with Karl, Chad, & Eric. The balsa foam airplane
may change trim, depending on the linkage, hard to tell just what will
happen with the composites. Batteries are the biggest concern. When I lived
where it got cold I would test airborne radio systems in the freezer at 0F.
About 25% of the servos simply quit working - everything else seemed OK. As
the most volatile fuel component has a flash point (makes flammable vapors)
of +50F, engine starting is a problem. As Karl mentions, lighter fluid
(couple of drops) helps. My record for cold flight is -6F, but the best
solution I've found is moving south - been in the upper 70's in Houston all
week.

        Earl
          ----- Original Message -----
          From: Karl G. Mueller
          To: discussion at nsrca.org
          Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 8:53 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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