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<DIV>I tend to agress with Eric. Below 40F and it is the fireplace for me. My joints stick, not the little redball on the transmitter.</DIV>
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<DIV>Maybe it is time to move further South than DC. They still use Oracle I FL and TX don't they?</DIV>
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<DIV>Randy</DIV>
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<DIV>Youze guys are nuts. MY cutoff temp for flying is the same as it is for Golf: 50 F. I could care less what the drop-dead temp for the equipment is. My own personal ...ahem.... equipment, stops working at 50F.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jax, Fla, where its been 75 and sunny with low wind since a week before New Years. But wouldn't you know it, I am baby sitting my grandson so we are building and not flying.. it's a great time. Only 9 months old, he loves to move the TX sticks around already. I am tickled</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 1/5/2005 10:55:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, nsrca@shinymetalass.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 07:05:19 -0600<BR>"White, Chris" <chris@ssd.fsi.com> wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi,<BR>> <BR>> Hey, I was out flying on Christmas Eve in OK and it was about 22<BR>> degrees..... I spent extra time warming the YS at idle, but thoughts<BR>> were crossing my mind about how bad the cold weather is on our<BR>> equipment(nylon components etc....) . I'm sure the guys up North have<BR>> limits on cold temps and I'd be interested to hear your concerns or<BR>> special cares.<BR><BR>I'm a complete pattern newbie, but I live in Anchorage Alaska and I've<BR>been practicing the sportsman sequence all winter long with my Somethin'<BR>Extra on skis. Probably half of the time the temperature has been in<BR>the single digits (F). My plane is built up balsa, so I can't speak to<BR>the composite fuselage dimension changes but about the only effects I<BR>have noticed on the equipment are the engine is harder to start<BR>initially and both the idle and high speed mixtures needed to be<BR>enriched a tad. I'm running 6V 1100 mAh NiMH flight pack and a 700 mAh<BR>TX pack and I haven't noticed any decrease in flying time per charge vs.<BR>my summer flying - but I'm also not running digital servos, just the<BR>old reliable Futaba 3004s.<BR><BR>Would I be flying a $800+ composite masterpiece off snow and ice on<BR>skis? Probably not. However, I built the SE to have fun with this<BR>winter and so far it's a complete blast plus I get the benefit of still<BR>being able to fly 3-4 times a week (and I need all the practice I can<BR>get!)<BR><BR>Just my experience. If anyone wants to swap cold flying strategies and<BR>tips, I'll be glad to share what I know - but the biggest trick is just<BR>getting out there :-)<BR><BR>BTW, I normally don't go out below -10 F because I can't keep my fingers<BR>wa
rm enough to last through a flight and haven't gotten a tranmitter<BR>mitt yet. The 100% scale recip guys up here stop flying @ -30 F on the<BR>ground as a general rule of thumb. The turbines go a bit lower, but<BR>they try to keep them running all day.<BR><BR>-- <BR>Tom</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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