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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Land Models / January 20062ph in the cold?
I have just recieved a futaba 2ph for christmas and was wondering if i can use it in cold temperatures (below zero... quite a bit below zero). Thanks. >I have just recieved a futaba 2ph for christmas and was wondering if i > can use it in cold temperatures (below zero... quite a bit below zero). > > Thanks. Zero C or Zero F? Doc > >I have just recieved a futaba 2ph for christmas and was wondering if i > > can use it in cold temperatures (below zero... quite a bit below zero). [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Doc I would of said Zero C >> >I have just recieved a futaba 2ph for christmas and was wondering if i >> > can use it in cold temperatures (below zero... quite a bit below zero). [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> Doc > I would of said Zero C If he means well below 0*C, like maybe -20*C, the radio will be fine. If he meant well below 0*F, he and his radio are gunna be in bad shape! I'm pretty sure the radio would still work ok in that temp, but his fingers would be frostbitten pretty quick! Doc > >> >I have just recieved a futaba 2ph for christmas and was wondering if i > >> > can use it in cold temperatures (below zero... quite a bit below zero). [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Doc hehe. Wouldn't batteries be effected by severe cold temp's? I'll probably be running in temps down to -20 C. I wouldn't risk going any lower. I'm using alkaline batteries. > I'll probably be running in temps down to -20 C. I wouldn't risk going > any lower. I'm using alkaline batteries. FWIW, I was running my Mayhem ST a few weeks back in 20*F weather (about -10*C) and was using NiMh in the rx and alkalines in the tx. No problems whatseover, other than freezing my balls off! Doc >> >> >I have just recieved a futaba 2ph for christmas and was wondering if >> >> >i [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> Doc > hehe. Wouldn't batteries be effected by severe cold temp's? Honestly, I have no idea. Next time it hits below 0*F I'll give er' a whirl! If I drink enough Jim Beam before I go out I'll be too dumb and numb to notice my fingers are falling off! Doc > hehe. Wouldn't batteries be effected by severe cold temp's? If you think about that one for a bit you will come to realize that you go out to run your car so your radio gear and batteries tend to be at a decent temperature. Sure they get cold fast enough but they will not freeze. Just get some nice thin gloves so your fingers fit through the Throttle trigger(if it's a pistol grip). Dosen't someone make a special glove or pouch for pistol grips, I know you can get a funky mit for stick radios. Speaking of winter driving!! I remember installing some 1 inch screws (about 80 of them) on some used tires for my Hornet and tearing up the ice rink at the local park. At full throttle I could not steer it at all but It left some pretty nasty scars and I was banned from running my car on the ice afterwards. It was really cool throwing sparks all over the place on the ashfalt though. I will try to find some pictures of the tires, I know they are somewhere. I wonder how those spiked tires would have done on a 4WD Buggy? If I had to do it again I think 1/8 or 1/4 inch would do just fine. MacPhreak............down memory lane!! Just in case you guys were wondering what the heck i'm doing out in the cold, me and a buddy have almost finished a crazy contraption we are calling "the sled". It's basicly a balsa box with three skates (two in the back, one in the front for steering) and a Cox .049 engine on top. This means NO THROTTLE CONTROL!!!!! We plan to use it on the frozen creek behind my place. Next i want to make one with a 20cc weed-eater engine!!!! What do you think? > Just in case you guys were wondering what the heck i'm doing out in the > cold, me and a buddy have almost finished a crazy contraption we are [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Next i want to make one with a 20cc weed-eater engine!!!! What do you > think? I think you need a carb and not a venturi! Those little Cox motors are pretty neat though...............should be fun. Doc > Just in case you guys were wondering what the heck i'm doing out in the > cold, me and a buddy have almost finished a crazy contraption we are [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Next i want to make one with a 20cc weed-eater engine!!!! What do you > think? do you remember why they took 3 wheelers off the market? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To may people got killed on account they were unstable with the single front wheel. When turning they would flip over. Your sled being of the same config may suffer the same fate. Have you ever heard of the T-Rex. The best way to describe it is a Motorcycle rear end with 2 wheels on the front. http://www.go-t-rex.com/photos_journal/T-Rex%20High%20Res/100_0011.JPG Just my 2 cents MacPhreak I realized the three point problem right away and we're placing the back 2 skis/skates QUITE far apart. No worries there. Got any ideas on creating a throttle controle for a cox engine? I'm not about to drop another hundred bucks into a norvel. > I realized the three point problem right away and we're placing the > back 2 skis/skates QUITE far apart. > No worries there. > Got any ideas on creating a throttle controle for a cox engine? I'm not > about to drop another hundred bucks into a norvel. I do not know much about Gas/Nitro as of yet. I have been in electrics since I started in RC and most of the races I have been part of here are done in the Winter time so are held indoors. I have noticed Nitro races during the summer in the back parking lot of a local Canadian Tire store but can't afford the startup cost of a Nitro Race worthy RC car and I prefer off road type racing any way. MacPhreak |
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