hi all

just curious, whats the coldest temperature you can fly in until the fuel lines and carb start icing up and what would happen to the rest of the equipment?

guys at my club fly year round, but it only get about 0* here, other places i dont know if you could?

There are videos here of guys flying planes and helis during the Winters in Norway... so take it from there.

well england tends to get cold and damp in the winter, so would icing be a big problem? i know full sized jumbos have de-icing gizmos but they fly at much higher altitude where its very cold

Winterman,

Here in the Cold North of Wisconsin, I've watched a very few of our club members fly when it was 10 degrees below zero. BURR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Like I said I watch as they fly on skis and I sit in my heated Van and let them jump into the back cargo and plane transport area to warm up. They don't fly for long each time but they warm up and the next nut goes. As for me, I'll stick to 55 and above. I lived in Houston Texas for about 20 years after moving down there from here and when I got home I just can't stand the cold anymore. My blood thinned out and it won't thicken back up. Anyway their planes are just as happy at 10 below as they are at 100 above.

Hope that answers your question,

Gibbs

Not so much an icing up problem , than keeping the engines running. Wrapping tin foil around the cylinder helps.

Now there's the voice of experience.

Strangely I too established 55 degrees as my cut off point. Above that I fly, below that, only if it is warming up quickly.

worry more about your fingers and toes getting numb more than your equipment.

48 degrees (F) is my limit... that gets me about 8-10 minutes before my fingers are numb.

It's a 100 degrees here in GA. Hard to even think about winter
chopper man

I have flown at -40 degrees (yes,-40). It was done just to see if we could do it and it wasn't that pleasant. We had to put heating packs on the electronics and had the Tx in a woolen glove cover. The engines ran well though and the planes flew great in that cold, dense air.
The best part was the warm rum at the clubhouse after flying was finished.

.....I really gotta move somewhere warm!

Well, right now it's 101° with a heat index of 105°!!!!!

Come on down!!!!

Ken

It hit 100 here today too. But the humidity was low, only about 90.[:'(] Felt like being inside a sponge in a microwave.

Come on, guys... winter will come soon enough without talking about freezing temps.. [8D]

Winter??? Oh yeah, that's when it gets down below 90°!!!!!!!

Ken

I fly any chance I get and whenever I can. I don't mind the cold at all. Oh! That reminds me...... I need to make some snow skis...

Love the cold temps for the OS 120 pump 4 stroke. That thing has some serious get up and went in the cold.

Nice photos for a late fall. I still see green grass, and an inch of snow. That's not winter. This is winter, New Years Day. Ok it was only -10 degrees celsius (10 F), an mild January this year. But its been colder.

One of my goals for this year is to fly outside at least once every month of the year. We'll see if it happens or not.

Del

Oh all right... jeech..

Come on, Ken.. it gets colder than that in Lawton.. [sm=cool.gif]

Yeah, I agree it does get colder than that. Heck, last year we even saw a snow flake!!!!

Ken

I even lived in Lawton many years ago. Saw very many flakes, some were snow.

Hmmm, sounds like you must have met our city council then!!!!

Ken

Pesonally I would rather have it cold then hot, I would rather go outside when it is 10 then when it is 90.

Believe it or not , I live in Minnesota but got frostbite at Ft. Sill./Lawton freezing my behind off in a Gamagoat. Snowing like crazy.