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How it's done up north - Winter BOREDOM!

Old 02-23-2004, 07:17 PM
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Default How it's done up north - Winter BOREDOM!

A very bright fellow in our suburban Chicago club came up with a great idea. We'd have a "Viking Funeral" of sorts for the 2003 crashed planes. It was a cold day, attendance was low. The fire was as hot as the Chili, the temps were colder than the beer.

For the record, I came to fly and photograph. I don't crash enough to add to this trash heap :-) [link=http://www.devino.org/mark/airplanepics/funeral/]Click the pic [/link] for the rest of it...

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Old 02-23-2004, 07:55 PM
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I don't know if I could burn a crashed plane. Not to mention that I don't crash. (I'll get flamed for this one.) [>:]
Old 02-23-2004, 08:20 PM
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Default RE: How it's done up north - Winter BOREDOM!

Dang, you did it before I did! Except I was going to do it on my side yard. That sounds Like a good idea, I will keep my crashed plane* untill Christmas and burn it with whatever else rc stuff I cant use.

Does it smell bad? Just wondering because I dont want neighbors asking me what I was doing lol
Old 02-23-2004, 08:24 PM
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I would say that it does smell bad you know burning you planes. But if they are soaked with glow fuel oil maby is wouln't be so bad.....
Old 02-23-2004, 10:55 PM
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Ya gotta fly through the smoke to make it really sentimental.
Old 02-24-2004, 12:34 AM
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Default RE: How it's done up north - Winter BOREDOM!

Cool idea!!

In keeping with the "Viking funeral" motif... gotta do it on a frozen lake, just thick enough to melt thru the ice when the immolation is complete

Cheers!

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Old 02-24-2004, 12:54 AM
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I bet that Ultracote gave off some delightful fumes!
Old 02-24-2004, 07:21 AM
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Default RE: How it's done up north - Winter BOREDOM!

In keeping with the "Viking funeral" motif... gotta do it on a frozen lake, just thick enough to melt thru the ice when the immolation is complete
Sooner or later the ashes will be in the lake. The ice will melt some day.
Old 02-24-2004, 08:07 AM
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Ice, I was wondering what that white stuff was. How did you get so much?
Old 02-24-2004, 09:50 AM
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Default RE: How it's done up north - Winter BOREDOM!

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gotta do it on a frozen lake, just thick enough to melt thru the ice when the immolation is complete
Only someone from a warm climate would say that.

Here, the ice is so thick, you could burn a very large house on it without even being afraid to drive a truck across it afterward!

(At last count, the ice on the lake across from my office was 37" thick)
Old 02-24-2004, 12:29 PM
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Default RE: How it's done up north - Winter BOREDOM!

I cleaned out the loft of the garage and fallen branches yard waste and did the same thing last November. Unfortunately, I didn't need help getting others to supply the smashed airframes. [] Kind of surprising when a wing soaked in gasoline ignites and the panels explode with a BANG!.
Old 02-26-2004, 09:30 AM
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Only someone from a warm climate would say that.

Here, the ice is so thick, you could burn a very large house on it without even being afraid to drive a truck across it afterward!

(At last count, the ice on the lake across from my office was 37" thick)
I just ask how did you get through the 37"?

Oh, I know.....
Old 02-26-2004, 04:16 PM
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AAArrrrgghhhhh!!!

You've just upset the RC gods, most of those planes where good for repair and a few more crashes!!!
Shame on you!!!
Old 02-26-2004, 06:13 PM
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I used to live in wisconsin were a big simi-truck could drive across the ice. To bad I was not into rc then.
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Default RE: How it's done up north - Winter BOREDOM!

A few of us were flying off Lake Sebago in Maine last weekend. The ice was over 24" thick, and they had hundreds of cars parked in a parking lot on the ice for the ice fishing derby. A full scale air show was also scheduled, and they plowed a 6000'+ runway for the airplanes. They wanted some demo flights with RC airplanes, and they plowed two runways for us in a x pattern. Plenty of wide open space to fly. Its the only time I was able to combine snowmobiling and RC flying all in the same day. The weather wasn't the greatest, and we had periods of flying in sleet and snow, as well as having ice buildups on the airplanes when we landed.

I just need to figure out how to pull the airplane trailer with the snowmobile for next year

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Default RE: How it's done up north - Winter BOREDOM!

sfaust,
Am I mistaken or Did Patty frost up the inside of her canopy? I did some flying off the snow here in Va. couple of weeks ago but none of the large bodies of water around here freeze solid enough to drive on. Until my pool thawed out it did have about 6 inches of ice on it though.
Old 02-27-2004, 09:44 AM
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sfaust,
Am I mistaken or Did Patty frost up the inside of her canopy?
Must have been all the heavy breathing and excitement from upstairs! Or, its just sleet and ice adhering to the plastic. Not sure which

So, did you get any flying off the 6" of ice on your pool? Put a small park flier on it, and it'll seem like a huge frozen lake. You can even park a 1/8th scale RC car next to it with a trailer to complete the effect
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You've just upset the RC gods, most of those planes where good for repair and a few more crashes!!!
Shame on you!!!
Man, I hope not. That was one good little fire on the ice. If the RC gods become upset, so be it. The hobby shop gods should be pleased.
Old 02-28-2004, 11:27 AM
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Fulll scale on a lake. I still got to see that one. I haven't done much flying on the lakes this year. One lake by my house had a snowmoble radar run a few weeks ago. They plowed a real nice "runway" on the ice. I should get out there and have my own radar run. (my Pizazz busts 100mph [X(])
Old 02-28-2004, 08:16 PM
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Default RE: How it's done up north - Winter BOREDOM!

Here's how I do it in Northern Ohio...



We do fly outside too....just when the winds are down and sun is out.

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