Devo, now that's an idea!!!

I had a plan to do that.

1. take old Kraft radio
2. take old plane
3. old servos and Rx
4. lighter fliud on the wing
5. Light and take off

The lighter fliud burns itself, not the material it's on. I would know, i had my hand set on fire with that stuff, I didn;t even get hot (of course for the body hair...........). Anyway, you might get 10 minutes of flight before covering melts, then next comes the balsa

Adios airplane. Anyone want to try it and tell me (Make sure to get video!)

It won't stay lit in the wind and naptha does not have a very bright flame when burned that way. You'd have a better chance with rubber cement, it stays where you put it.

Make sure you have CO2 and water extinguishers on hand when you do it (CO2 for the plane and people, water for the weeds and bushes).

I'd light it while it's in the air with a model rocket igniter and have it on a safety that is attached to a string which is pulled after it taxis half way down the runway (good and far from you).

When you go hot (arm the circuit) have someone stand well behind you with the fire extinguisher.

This is all just conjecture and I wouldn't do it on a bet as the potential for something to go wrong is very great, especially when you loose control and have a burning out of control plane flying away. You'll probably get arrested by the fire marshal and have some type of pyromaniac charge on your criminal record but, hey, have fun!

And by all means videotape it and post it here for us to see.

hahahah, great idea! Would love to see that. I would try it, but I've only just started flying. Maybe in a couple of years

Yeah, by the way, I do not endorse any such action and subsequent liability from doing this "stunt" If anything happens it's you're own fault. There I posted it, so you can't blame me


On another note, that would be fun to see, but of course very dangerous. I wonder how those wildfires out west actually started ?

Anyway, don't do it. And if you do, be careful, it's your fault alone!

Brian

Just a little sarcasm on my part. I wouldn't have burned any of the planes I've seen on this thread. I think a little more practice flying would be in order. If that doesn't work, then throw a tantrum!

Bla, Bla, Bla.....

Thats just crazy, I would have bought the lt-40 wing for a fair price. I would have rebuilt it with less or no dihedral, giving me one plane 2 wings and an 2 different flying characteristics. I am sure many others with an lt-40 would have had much use for it. Anyway its ultimately your call what you do with it in the end. Sad to hear.

Just about all the planes i have are crashes that somebody gave me, i dont have alot of money to burn, but i got time and i have an astro hog, and a supercraft cap 232 to show for my efforts, i even fix wrecked planes for club members, its just fun to put the puzzle back together again. ill fix just about anything.

OMG
i cant believe u burned that
Thats a waste of money for sure

not a hard rebuild in my eyes...considering what ive had to rebuild

owen


(never offer to rebuild a friends ARF when he crashes it..i said it:S)

Brings new meaning to the phrase....crash and burn. Bummer

A friend of mine told me several years ago that every plane (RC that is) has a date written with invisable ink in the tail somewhere when it will crash. The bummer is is that you don't know what that date is! Everytime I go flying I wonder if it's that day!

Something to ponder.
Chris.