KiwiPilot

Is there a min / max temp that the Raptor heli can be flown in ?

Just curious

BIGRCR

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If you can take it, so can the helicopter. The engine may be a little harder to get going and you may have to up the nitro if you are not using 30% already. The motor may need richening up a bit because of the added air density. That's right, the motor will make more power in the winter!

Later,

Ted R

Hi, I from Montana and it is quite cold here now. We have been flying in temperatures as low as 15 degrees F. The only trouble we have encountered was last week it was quite fogy out and we elected to just hover around and make some necessary curve changes. After about five minutes of this the heli started to act real strange. We landed it and brought it over to the bench and looked things over. We discovered about a quarter inch of Ice build up on the leading edge of the main blades and also some on the tail rotor. If we would have been flying it could have become real interesting. So you may want to watch out for the due point that forms Ice with cold temp.

BIGRCR

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Kool!.....I mean, THAT'S COLD!!!!!


Later,

planelazy

You guy's are real brave.You mean you could still move your fingers? Tim.

Culverson

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I get days in the hi 40's-50's at times..TG..Its a bit hard to fly if your fingers go numb I once saw a cover were your hands are not exposed to the elements....might be nice..

r2helis

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Thats a good question.

I fly all year around. The temperatures range from (-) 20 f to (+)100 degrees f. The average temperature is between 0 and +20 during the winter months. My Raptor flies very well between +30 and +60 f. The colder it gets, the tighter the machine feels. When I am flying in weather colder than +10 f, I set on the helipad for several minutes at a high idle and let the heli warm up just a little before I lift off. So far, I have not had any problems with the fuel gelling up or parts and pieces of the heli breaking or falling off due to the cold outside temps. However, because of the extreme cold, I would think that the parts of the heli that have really close tolerances would wear quicker than the same parts at normal flying temperatures. I normally call an end to the flying session because of the cold long before my heli does. I sure hope this doesn't jinx me now....

KiwiPilot

Thanks guys.

Here in the UK it gets quite nippy in winter !! (for a few months of the year)

Will take your points on board and look at fuel with a higher nitro %

DSJBEAN

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Try one of these.

http://www.outlawheli.com/txmitten/

helinewbe

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What about a brand new engine. Should I wait until it is warmer out? OS32.

BIGRCR

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Nope. Treat it the same as you normally would breaking in a new engine.

Later,