Just wondering if anyone flys of of " SALT " water and what precautions to
take....
De VO1ET Jerry
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18 years ago
Salt water...
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18 years ago
I don't know about salt, but I know a bloke who regularly flies at another
field fairly close to ours. Unfortunately, theirs is *very* sandy, being
almost on the beach. When I see the amount of sand that comes out of the
cowls on his planes, I just shudder because he *doesn't* use air filters.
MrBonk
MrBonk
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18 years ago
Stay out of it as the electronics are unrecoverable in almost all cases. .
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18 years ago
1. Use a surgical glove, pop the receiver through the wrist and feed the
wires through the fingers. Strap it up nicely with elastic bands. Don't
worry about the battery.
2. Use plenty of Q20/WD40 on the outside of the motor after flying and after-run oil (I use compressor oil) on the inside..
3. Don't crash.
I fly off a tidal lagoon for about 2 weeks of the year during our December (Summer) holidays. The screws on the cylinder head of my Thunder Tiger have a light coating of rust but otherwise no visible problems.
Jerry wrote:
2. Use plenty of Q20/WD40 on the outside of the motor after flying and after-run oil (I use compressor oil) on the inside..
3. Don't crash.
I fly off a tidal lagoon for about 2 weeks of the year during our December (Summer) holidays. The screws on the cylinder head of my Thunder Tiger have a light coating of rust but otherwise no visible problems.
Jerry wrote:
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18 years ago
Untrue. I have dunked a plane in saltwater sever times. I took it in, and
immediately took everything apart, rinsing it well in tap water, shook it
out, then dried it with a hairdryer, and everything worked just fine, every
time..
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18 years ago
...as long as the plane doesn't have high blood pressure, the extra salt
shouldn't be a problem.
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18 years ago
Is it OK to fly off salt water when it's snowing?
Dan Thompson (AMA 32873, EAA 60974, WB4GUK, GROL)
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18 years ago
Not so Six. A lot of boaters run in the salt. You just have to take
appropriate precautions. Like seal that radio tight!
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18 years ago
I guess it is alright to do that when you live there. I was visiting and
the system was toast when I got home (a 4 hour drive at the end of the day).
Live and learn. LOL
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Live and learn. LOL
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18 years ago
As Morgans said "IMMEDIATELY". The 4 hours was the killer. You could
have saved it if you had put it in a baggie of fresh water until you
got home.
David
David
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18 years ago
But David,
The coast is at least a 3 hour drive from here if there is no traffic!
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18 years ago
How many grocery or convenience stores did you pass ? Any one of them
would have yielded some sort of container that you could have put the
water and receiver in. But as everyone knows - 20/20 hindsight !
David
David