Tips for flying in cold weather
11-20-2014, 02:53 PM
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Tips for flying in cold weather
MAN it's cold outside! ~ Tips for RC Pilots
See how colder temps affect your lipo batteries, props, multi rotor, flight controllers.Great tips on keeping your systems up and running during cold weather. Your friends at Drone Camps RC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLiYMrQkL-g
See how colder temps affect your lipo batteries, props, multi rotor, flight controllers.Great tips on keeping your systems up and running during cold weather. Your friends at Drone Camps RC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLiYMrQkL-g
11-20-2014, 03:49 PM
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A Turnigy radio glove ? HA ! You may as well wrap a towel around your transmitter! 
There are much better choices out there that will keep your hands toasty inside . Otherwise the rest of the tips are OK but you have nothing for glow or gas flyers.
If you are flying glow take a bottle of lighter fluid with you in case you have trouble starting the engine. In extreme cold you can hold the engine near you running vehicles exhaust to warm it up.
Gas flyers should have no issues starting.
Remember that the servos work harder when they are cold and that puts more load on the receiver pack that is already at a disadvantage because it is cold. Cut you usual flight times by one..
There are much better choices out there that will keep your hands toasty inside . Otherwise the rest of the tips are OK but you have nothing for glow or gas flyers.If you are flying glow take a bottle of lighter fluid with you in case you have trouble starting the engine. In extreme cold you can hold the engine near you running vehicles exhaust to warm it up.
Gas flyers should have no issues starting.
Remember that the servos work harder when they are cold and that puts more load on the receiver pack that is already at a disadvantage because it is cold. Cut you usual flight times by one..
11-20-2014, 03:55 PM
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A Turnigy radio glove ? HA ! You may as well wrap a towel around your transmitter! There are much better choices out there that will keep your hands toasty inside . Otherwise the rest of the tips are OK but you have nothing for glow or gas flyers.
If you are flying glow take a bottle of lighter fluid with you in case you have trouble starting the engine. In extreme cold you can hold the engine near you running vehicles exhaust to warm it up.
Gas flyers should have no issues starting.
Remember that the servos work harder when they are cold and that puts more load on the receiver pack that is already at a disadvantage because it is cold. Cut you usual flight times by one..
There are much better choices out there that will keep your hands toasty inside . Otherwise the rest of the tips are OK but you have nothing for glow or gas flyers.If you are flying glow take a bottle of lighter fluid with you in case you have trouble starting the engine. In extreme cold you can hold the engine near you running vehicles exhaust to warm it up.
Gas flyers should have no issues starting.
Remember that the servos work harder when they are cold and that puts more load on the receiver pack that is already at a disadvantage because it is cold. Cut you usual flight times by one..
