Help Me Get My Plane Back
08 January 2008, 09:12 PM
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Help Me Get My Plane Back
On Sunday afternoon I went out flying my R/C Helicopter and had a great time.
I took my R/C Plane to the field too ..... but, by now it was 4:15pm and dusk.
Anyway, being the wally I am, I got it ready and started flying it ... the light was failing fast. Just one more go .......... BANG!!!
Straight into the top of a tree
It is about 30 foot up in the top of the tree - the canopy has opened (the pilot clearly decided to jump!!!!) - and the battery has come out and the lead is wrapped around a twig.
That's ok, I thought, the wind will blow it out overnight Sunday ........ went there at midnight with torch expecting it to be on the floor - NO, still in the flaming tree!!!!!!!!!!
I have visited the tree morning, noon and night since and it's still hanging in there - even with these gales blowing!!!
With all the rain I doubt the electronics will be still fit - but, and this is where you come in, I would still like to retrieve the plane.
Any ideas how I can get the damned thing down???
I took my R/C Plane to the field too ..... but, by now it was 4:15pm and dusk.
Anyway, being the wally I am, I got it ready and started flying it ... the light was failing fast. Just one more go .......... BANG!!!
Straight into the top of a tree
It is about 30 foot up in the top of the tree - the canopy has opened (the pilot clearly decided to jump!!!!) - and the battery has come out and the lead is wrapped around a twig.
That's ok, I thought, the wind will blow it out overnight Sunday ........ went there at midnight with torch expecting it to be on the floor - NO, still in the flaming tree!!!!!!!!!!
I have visited the tree morning, noon and night since and it's still hanging in there - even with these gales blowing!!!
With all the rain I doubt the electronics will be still fit - but, and this is where you come in, I would still like to retrieve the plane.
Any ideas how I can get the damned thing down???
08 January 2008, 09:16 PM
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Well, a shotgun is what springs most immediately to mind - but I'm sure others have more creative answers. Chop down the tree, maybe? Find a suitable small child and bribe it with sweets to climb the tree and get the plane down?
08 January 2008, 09:21 PM
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I have, tonight, strapped together 2 garden canes - I have a 10 foot length of dado rail, a 6 foot length of dado rail, another cane and a fishing net with bamboo cane attached.
They are all in the car to be assembled tomorrow lunchtime under the tree - I reckon that should make about 30 foot?
The tree is over a well worn path used by dog walkers - knowing my luck I will slip and fall into something disgusting!!
They are all in the car to be assembled tomorrow lunchtime under the tree - I reckon that should make about 30 foot?
The tree is over a well worn path used by dog walkers - knowing my luck I will slip and fall into something disgusting!!
08 January 2008, 09:22 PM
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08 January 2008, 09:24 PM
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08 January 2008, 09:28 PM
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Look on it as a message,
if it gets bust the money, you make from the big case, will pay for a new one
if you loose, you,ll be so broke, a chopper up a tree will be the least of your worries
Mart
if it gets bust the money, you make from the big case, will pay for a new one
if you loose, you,ll be so broke, a chopper up a tree will be the least of your worries
Mart
08 January 2008, 09:52 PM
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What about:-
http://www.redgrittybrick.org/img/rgb-250.jpg
Tied with:-
http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/is...9MM-ACC258.jpg
And thrown 30 foot up over branch:-
http://whisperingcraneinstitute.file...ancin-tree.jpg
But, if it goes wrong, I could end up:-
http://www.gravitysmith.com/pics/App...n_head-200.jpg
http://www.redgrittybrick.org/img/rgb-250.jpg
Tied with:-
http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/is...9MM-ACC258.jpg
And thrown 30 foot up over branch:-
http://whisperingcraneinstitute.file...ancin-tree.jpg
But, if it goes wrong, I could end up:-
http://www.gravitysmith.com/pics/App...n_head-200.jpg
08 January 2008, 10:24 PM
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