One of the kids in my RC build club at school purchased a Sky Surfer last week. It was a beautiful day this Thursday. Not a cloud in the sky, cool air and no wind. We went out at lunch to fly and he decided to make his second flight since purchasing the plane. He was doing quite well, but allowed the plane to get across the road and over the tallest tree for miles around. As he tried to turn back, he got disoriented, got thumb lock, and spiraled the plane into the top of said tree. There it sits today, about 50 feet up. We did recover about 2% of the foam as the tree removed one of the wings and broke a couple of chunks out of it for good measure.
I know flitetest did an episode on plane retrieval - unsuccessfully, I might add. I do have a potato gun, but the residents of the neighborhood where the tree sprouts toward the sky would not be appreciate the humor in that method. Shot guns would be appreciated even less.
Short of me risking life and limb (ha ha), any ideas? I do like climbing trees, though.....
I know flitetest did an episode on plane retrieval - unsuccessfully, I might add. I do have a potato gun, but the residents of the neighborhood where the tree sprouts toward the sky would not be appreciate the humor in that method. Shot guns would be appreciated even less.
Short of me risking life and limb (ha ha), any ideas? I do like climbing trees, though.....