If you mail me a round trip ticket to Ireland, I will get that plane down for you or die tryin.

PM for my mailing address hahaa

Bravo Brave heart, chivalery is not dead yet!
You sir, I admire your courage and salute to your kind offer, but I have to take a bow and decline, for the lives of my flock, the cat and the child, two pilots and a driver, and a whole rock band of giraffes, are closer to my bossom than my need and greed for Futaba and Irvine.

Heavy in heart, I shall decline, but I must salute thee

shakeelsid:

I will suggest you remove your flock, the cat and the child, the two pilots and the driver, and the whole rock band of giraffes from the area.

Next, invite two opposing factions from the "Troubles" to have a picnic at your field on the same day, at the same time.

when the shooting and bombing are finished the tree will have been blown down, you can then retrieve your plane.

Additionally, all the rest of the trees will have been leveled, thus greatly improving your flying site.

Bill.

That gives me another idea. Bring the french army in and have them stand on each others shoulders. THey might be able to reach the plane.

Have you got any sheep in Ireland???

Sheep a plenty - in Ireland we have two sheep per person, four million people, eight million sheep - the problem is, it is Christmas season, and the sheep you see all around have all had at least half a dozen pints of Guinness through the night.

Could'nt you guys send Santa and Rudo over here for a slow flyby[&o]

I went to the lake for my morning jog today - the model is still there, and has shifted posture yet again. Each night the south-easterly gales turn it around so that it dutyfully points to the north star. Come morning and the north-westerly gusts turn it around again to point very obscenely at the joggers, fishers, sailers and the picknickers down below.

One reason why I have never told anyone that it is my model[sm=bananahead.gif]

This thread is reading like one of those Nigerian letters that want you to help them smuggle their long lost relative out of some third world country. Quite commical indeed. Which is what I love about you Irish, no matter how bad the circumstances, you find humor.

Now, back to your situation, when should we be expecting to see you on CNN? The Weather Channel? or Letterman?

Are there any monkeys in your neck of the woods? Then again, they all might be at the pub for the holidays eh?

Drunk sheep? Hmmm, from my home state of Montana, it is a felony to get a sheep under the influence.

Cheers,
Scott

Thanks Scott
With weaher so moppy it helps to eat drink and be merry

I have just finished charging my gear; Provided the weather holds, tomorrow I intend to fly my teeny little Rascal 3D - will update you guys on the welfare of the flock on the tree.

BTW have you guys ever flown in rain - I do it here quite regularly, great fun really. You have to go prepared, put your Wellingtons and rain coat on, fashion some Tx cover out of clear plastic and use a tree shade as the pit area. the models fly better and come out much cleaner afterwards.

cheerios

sid

It's more fun flying in the snow than it is in the rain.


Woops

This is how I got a Hobie Hawk out of a tree about 70-80 feet up: get yourself some strong twine, some light fishing line, a 1 or 2 oz. fishing weight, the biggest g*dm three-pronged deep-sea fishing hook you can find, and a good slingshot. Tie the light fishing line to the weight, and shoot it over the model, as close as you can get. Let the weight drop to the ground on the other side. Now you can use the light line to pull the heavy line up and over the model. You now have a loop of line that runs over the model (I'm not saying this is easy, just possible!) Tie on the fishing hook, pull it up, and hook the plane. With patience and luck you can hook the model, pull it out of the tree, and lower it to the ground. With poorer luck, it'll just crash to the ground, but it should be repairable.

Good luck - please post the outcome of your dilemma to this thread!

have some one you dont like fly their plane in to it and knock it down. then its his problem geting his down! or wrap a hand grenade with duct tape(sticky side out) and stick it to the plane, that should knock it down!!!
ill help kriegsmacht get it down if you send me a ticket too
oh even better, an RPG!!

How's about balloon method???

You need something that weighs the same as your plane (about 1.6Kg) and then get enough ballons to carry you and this "thing" that weighs about 1.6Kg, strap the balloon to yourself underneth the tree hold on to the "thing", when you you get to the plane grab hold of it and let the "thing" go, then pop some balloons to bring you and the plane safely back to the ground!

Failing that remember Red Bull gives you wings![sm=idea.gif]

Besides which I have my own problem: my chimney keeps moaning[sm=confused.gif]

BW!

Greg.

Thanks Greg



Been there, done that - both the chimney and balloon!
Darn cats, I took somebody's advice and put a cat up, someone else came around later demanding more cats, now the cussed pests are all over the place, they keep popping the balloons and aparently have a great laugh each time one goes off. The minute I get enough balloons to get airborne, a cat shouts a gleeful yeeehaa and pounces on the cluster, pop goes the baloon and bust goes the retriever.

I am this close to stop listening to people any minute now - these advices have have caused nothing but trouble to me, that is, apart from yours Greg. You are an inspiration to the modelling community.

Now about your chimney, I have this great big pile of dynamite lying around............



cheerios
sid

when mine got stock in there, we got a big long paint roller extension, and duct taped some other stuff on it. then we stood on top of our van, and poked it. it came out....eventuly

Use a BB gun, shotgun, or saw on a pole to shoot/cut off the branches that the model is stuck in. Once the branches aren't there to snarl the plane, it will drop out of the tree (unless it immediately gets stuck 10ft down)
People waiting on ground with catch trampoline recommened

Hi Every one
The sad saga apparently ends with the disappearance of the model - its gone, kaboom, kaput, missing[&o]
The winds shifted last night with a snow storm. Today I braved a blizzard to make it to the my lakeside flying field - only to find the airplane AWOL. I ran helter skelter the length and breadth of the cow pasture, gazed up every which tree alongside in a faint hope of an unlikely event that it decided to change trees - but seems like it finally decided to change owners. A lucky stocking filler for some chap.
I knocked on the door of the farm house nearby and left my number with a tall jovially suspicious fellow - he said he would call if he finds it, I bet he will probably not. I leave for Chicago in a day, onward to Allen Texas, then to Monterrey Mexico and finally Manhattan by the next weekend - I hope by the time I am back I would have gotten over it.

I hope the modeling community would embrace me in my time of sorrow and help me yet again. When I flew my airplane 120 foot up that tree many kind offers of help in the shape of cats and children and giraffes and cherrypickers cheered me up. Now I know this wonderful community would show its kind side again. Ahm, well what I thought would help me kill my pain is a Saito 72, a handful of futaba digital servos, a futaba 9ZWC29 ....... ah email or post your offers here , no genuine help would be rejected



Sid

man im sorry to hear about the plane. but crap happens(thats all anyone can realy say)

Thanks man, but you did not offer to lessen my pain

Sid:

Here you go, hope it makes you well again.

Just be sure to show your appreciation with a checque for US$290. Plus freight, of course.

Haw.

Bill.

Bill my man, I wanted a shoulder to cry on, and you are billing me for it[&o] its not about the money, its never about the money, 290 bucks is not price for a dream, or cost of a gesture of wiping one's tears. What hurts me is your attitude - Bill, your bill for a trainer which shall soon end its life in the trees on the banks of Lough Ennell, Midlands, Ireland, is outrageous. This plane does not come with a cherry picker, or cats, or giraffes either. It is no use to me.
I will not be conned into paying this bill, Bill, and shall wait for a truely genuine offer.


Wiser now
Sid.

A truly sad end for an airplane. I share your pain. Half of my Eagle 2 wing still resides at the top of a 75 foot fir tree. I got the fuselage back. I got a new wing. I've moved on, yet from time to time I still walk down the path and gaze for a few moments at the top of the tree to see if it is still there. It keeps calling to me, wondering why I have foresaken it for another.

It is better to retrieve a damaged beyond repair airplane than to not know its ultimate fate.

Find a pub. Buy a bottle of whisk(e)y, take some scrap balsa and go to the tree. Drink a toast to your airplane, burn the balsa and offer a silent prayer for the well being of your airplane to the gods of wood and trees.

Go home. Drink rest of bottle while gazing at other airplanes. Mope for a week.

It's the only answer now.

I will have a sip or two in sympathy with you... once I've had some breakfast.

Thanks CP140
You are a sensitive man, and as a reciprocal gesture, I will down one to remember your Eagle two too. If you are still hopeful of getting the rest of the wings out, I am left with these cats and giraffes - no use to me.

On a serious note, you have ignited a new flame - of not knowing the fate of my airplane. In over twenty years of modelling I have been through at least fifty or so models (without counting, could be a few more). Some were given away, some cannibalized, some crashed. But this would be the first to go away without a trace. Now I am not at all worried about the plane or the gear in it, I have been blessed with multiple examples of each - but not knowing its fate, thats unknown territory to me.
Just this afternoon I went on ebay shops and bought a few new servos and placed a bid on an engine. I felt this compensatory action was enough to get things out of my system.
Not any more, now I want to know what happens to the model. Since I am perhaps the only flier in town, I doubt if the finder could have a decent use for it. Would it end up in the bin [&o]
God knows

Sadder still
Sid

[b]Sid:

Sorry, just trying to cheer you up with a little levity.

I'll have "A wee doch and Dorrie" with you, in spirit at least.

Bill.

Seriously...


Call a local company that does tree trimming. Tell them that you have a plane stuck in a tree and need their help getting it down.

This is what I did. I payed the guy from the tree trimming service $40 bucks to go get my plane out of the tree. This guy just climbed up there and got it. I dont know how he did it...I tried climbing it too, but couldnt get up that far.

It was well worth the $40 bucks to get my prized electric pattern plane out of that tree.

Simple and effective....

And if by some chance your tree-trimming guy cant climb the tree....at least he can cut it down and haul it away.

Too late for that - Its already taken

I spend a substatial time in my backyard, planting and loving trees and plants. The tree in question is at least fifty year old. I would never even think of cutting a tree this size down for a model airplane, even if it costs 5000 bucks. Like I said earlier, I have many airplanes, the tree has only one chance.

Thanks any way