Flying my slow stick around in the park today and a gust of wind came in and blew the darn thing into a tree. STUCK 50-60 ft above ground!

NOW WHAT?

Anyone I can call? any other ideas?

You can contact the local parks department or a tree service about getting your airplane down. If you keep going back and checking on it, the wind should blow it down eventually.

Get a potato gun and dry blasting it down.

Just kidding, call the fire department. Ask what they want you to do, if they don't want to take care of it.

A guy at our club works on bridges. He has these pole spikes for his legs for trees and what not. If he likes you he'll get your plane, if not or doesnt know you he'll charge. He goes up some damn high trees I guess.

Depending on where it is in relation to the branches above, you might tie a 2oz lead fishing weight to a long line and try to throw it over the plane. If you manage, you may be able to pull the plane loose. Expect some damage though. But you should be able to salvage the motor, battery, and electronics at worst case. Get a spool of twisted nylon line, about 100 lb test. Even if you get the line stuck on a near brach, you may be able to shake the plane loose.

To bad you didn't have one of those 4D motors, you could have backed it out off the tree

Don

You need the following

Crossbow OR conventional bow and arrow.

Fixed spool fishing reel with some 30lb nylon [approx]

You are likely to need some stronger line.

Tie 30 lb nylon to quarrel/arrow. Shoot over branch. Try to dislodge plane. If required pull heavier line through and use that.

Worked for me and many others.

I'm gonna go get some twine from home depot tomorrow morning (I couldn't do it today it got dark). put some weight on one end and try to throw it over. It's stuck at the EDGE of the tree held up by some very tiny branches and leaves so That should work. Too bad my dumb mind didn't think of this earlier when it was still light out.

It's clear outside with humidity at mid 70's through out the night. Will my electronics be ok? I don't care about the plane it was only $20. But my AR6200, battery, Servos, Motor.

You need a Stihl model aircraft device. Available in a range of sizes to suit your situation

Great idea but I wanna see the video! Shot and then ripped apart!!! Poor Slow Stick ... hehehehee ... if its not too badly lodged why not a shoe or something? Guess safest is to pay the local fire services to assist, if not threaten them that you shall be climbing up!

Too darn high. Couldn't get the twine over the branch. I'm about to cut my losses here but jeez $150!!!!

Worth calling the fire department or am I wasting their time?

Pay some little kid 10 bucks to climb up there, give him half before and the other half if he survives. Good Luck!

get a bow and arrow with some fishing line, well you get idea. i did it before, it worked pretty good.

I'm gonna stop by sports authority and hopefully they got some sub $20 youth bows.

The reciever, servos and motor will be fine, but if your battery is over discharged it may be toast... Certainly if it is a LiPo.[&:]

I checked and I had my crappy $12 LOONGmax in there so don't care about battery.

Great!... I use the Zippy's myself. Well worth the low price, I have 8 of them in 3 different sizes and they work just as well as my more expensive packs.


Have you gotten your SS down yet?

I was flying a free flight at the University sod farm. It got into a high tree right about dark, I came back the next morning about 6 AM, Threw a line over the limb and tried to shake it loose. No success. Went up to physical plant and borrowed a long ladder, gone maybe 20 minutes. Came back and the airplane was gone. Couple of weeks later a guy showed up at my house. Said he knew who had my airplane and would get it back for me. He did so and I was most appreciative. I have no idea how the people who had it got it down.

My son won Senior C FF at the 1980 Nats in Dayton. Swapped engine and flew in B. On the third flight the timer failed and the airplane disappeared into the clouds. A year later I got a card saying they had my airplane. It had landed in a tree, spent the winter in the tree, and finally blew down. The engine, a Fox 25, all castor fuel, was fine, and the airplane had minor damage.

I'm at work. I've lost a little hope after getting up at 6 in the morning today and trying to throw my twine over the branch for 2 hours.

will try again after work

I feel bad for yah man, It must be sad to just see it up there and feel helpless. Do you have any pictures, maybe that can help us help you!

Aprox how wigh up is this thing? Is there anyway that someone could Bear Grills that tree? My friends canopy ejected of his 1/3 scale yak......I climbed to the top of that tree in my sandals.....saved him fifty bucks. I do know that Home depot sells light bulb changers that are aprox 25 feet tall, put two of them togther and that might be enough to bat it out. just return em after cause they are not cheap! good luck.

or just cut the tree down

HAHAHA

then the tree is no good but the plane is down

Leroy ... tree crash on plane? All no good!!!

Brett ... oh man ... you are nasty!

If its that cheap then let it be, no point risking anything or anyone.

Try a fishing pole with light test line that you can break fairly easy it will take a few tries unless your like Jimmy Houston or something. Might work. I can put a lure or weight just about on the nose anywhere but don't know about up.

Tennis ball or rubber ball on tip of arrow

Some people use sling-shots instead of bows to get the weight and line over the branch.