It's rained here for 7 days straight. All weekend no flying.[&o] And now that DST is over, there will be no flying after work because it's DARK. UGH![>:] What to do? We always welcome the rain, but why can't it just come all night long and be sunny during the day???

Only seven straight days?!?! Luxury, shear luxury! OK, I admit, it didn't rain all weekend... but saturday the fog/mist/clouds were so low you couldn't fly higher than tree top level and still see your plane! Loaded up my airplanes and went to the field hoping the ceiling would lift enough to at least give it a try, but no! I got as far as doing a range check before deciding to call it a day. It rained most of last week and the forecast (for what it's worth) says rain/showers/fog/mist all week and I work next weekend... it's been a month since I last flew and it will be at least two weeks before work allows for even the chance to go fly... weather permitting of course [:@]... I swear I'm going to go into withdrawal soon.... I 'm getting so desperate I might just have to crank up the plane in the living room just so I can inhale some burnt glow fuel!

Don't let a little rain stop you. Some friends of mine used to put their transmitters in a trash bag with the antenna sticking through the bottom. They would fuel and start their planes under our shelter, walk out a little way for the take off then back up to the edge of the shelter to try and stay a little drier. It was tons-O-fun to watch... of course they weren't flying their best airplanes.

Flying in the rain isn't a great idea -- aside from possibly losing sight of the plane, or having water get at a servo/Rx/Tx etc, the possibility of a lightning strike should put a damper on such foolishness.

What's rain?





(just kidding! -my sympathies!)

I was flying in the late afternoon when it started to rain out. I wanted to finish my flight so I just kept going. It got worse and lightning started. The plane looked really cool with the dark clouds churning and the lightning as the background to the plane. It occoured to me later that standing in the middle of a field with a metel antenna pointing at the sky in a lightning storm wasn't such a smart idea!! [&:]

We don't get a whole lot of thunder and lightning in this part of the world... the biggest problem is that, at this time of year, the clouds/mist/fog comes down to tree top level... since our field is surrounded by trees, you either have to fly low,slow,tight turns inside the treeline(doesn't leave much altitude to recover from any stalls etc, or risk losing your plane in the clouds as you climb above the trees... there are some who can fly the low slow lazy orbits of the field, but I'm not one of them!

Twist. I know what you mean! It looks so far like I'll get to fly today, if it doesn't start raining in the next 3-4 hours. After that, who knows when! A long time, I hope! (I know that sounds weird, but that means we keep winning playoff games).

Pics speak louder than words, although this rain stayed off to the south, but it sure looked mean!


Andy

Hey that first pic looks a lot like like me just before it started to rain. I can't tell if the pilot has a silly grin on his face like I had!!!

a6, those are some awesome looking rainclouds. What do you use to see your plane (sunglasses wise) when it's so cloudy like that?

It's been raining and I'm out in the shop building, no problem.

Jim

Jim, you are not too awefully far away from me, I imagine we experience the same weather patterns often. I too have spent lots of time in the shop finishing up my Tiger 60, but Sunday, got it all finished, tweaked and ready to fly. Now I'm anxious. Guess I'll have to buy my first true kit. (Only put together ARF's so far)...

No better time than the present to start on your first kit. Kits are not cheaper than ARFs, but they do allow you to spread out your purchases. $80 for a kit, plus glues and hobby knife to start. Figure out which engine you are going to put in it, then use on of your existing engines that matches it to mark your engine mount.

I build during cold weather rather than stand out in the cold and sometimes snow!

I got cold once and din't like it so I don't do that no more!

I too have limited tome to fly and at this time of the year here in the Pacific Northwest we usually see a lot of rain. But lately the weather has been perfect. EXCEPT... as we fly out of a farmers cow pasture with a nicely cultivated landing strip we have another problem. Every year her spreads his chicken manure all over the fields and this year our field really got dumped on????????. We've shoveled and raked but, no way. I tried. Yuk what a mess. And we've been getting some of the nicest flying conditions all year. Talk about frustrating.

That's a bunch of crap! <hehe> I believe I'd find another place to fly!!!