Still up a tree

[Piotrsko]

Does need to be schedule 80 otherwise after two lengths it makes a big arc and touches the ground. metal conduit perhaps? Spray foam filled?

 

[CrshNBrn]

@CrshNBrn how do you get your planes out?

I've climbed up after them, waited for a windstorm, and even tied a cord onto a club members' drone to fly it up to the limb.

 

[Jo's squadron]

I think somebody linked together pieces of half inch PVC pipe until they had enough to reach.

I might try that.

 

[Jo's squadron]

Does need to be schedule 80 otherwise after two lengths it makes a big arc and touches the ground. metal conduit perhaps? Spray foam filled?

local hardware stores only have 40. could it still work?

 

[Mr NCT]

Foam board is surprisingly resilient when hung in a tree for months.

 

[Jo's squadron]

I've climbed up after them, waited for a windstorm, and even tied a cord onto a club members' drone to fly it up to the limb.

The tree they are stuck in is basically unclimbable. I tried using my drone to drop a branch attached to a rope but it won't grip the branch properly, but I did get close so I will keep on trying.

 

[Jo's squadron]

Foam board is surprisingly resilient when hung in a tree for months.

I'm not worried about the airframe much. It's more the electronics. How well did yours survive?

 

[Proptastic]

local hardware stores only have 40. could it still work?

It would be pretty floppy. It could still work if all the plane needs is just a poke to get it down. Metal conduit yes if you can manage the weight of it.

 

[Mr NCT]

I'm not worried about the airframe much. It's more the electronics. How well did yours survive?

Salvaged everything but the battery

 

[Jo's squadron]

It would be pretty floppy. It could still work if all the plane needs is just a poke to get it down. Metal conduit yes if you can manage the weight of it.

Yeah metal would be too heavy.

 

[Jo's squadron]

Salvaged everything but the battery

Hopefully I will be able to salvage the battery too.

 

[Jo's squadron]

The thing is if they fall during the night they will get blown on a frozen river so I won’t be able to get them easily.

 

[Jo's squadron]

I’ve managed to get a rope in the tree and shake but they still have not moved. I think the edge has a loose servo stuck between branches.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

So I was flying my Profile Edge yesterday and I tried a flat spin, but it got pushed by the wind over some trees, so I pulled up and...snap the wings folded. Now it goes into a real flat spin into a tree (about 56ft up). So I got out my bow and arrow (so cheap it can't go 20ft high), but that did not work. tried throwing a hook with a weight but again that did not go high enough. So I took out my Profile Xtrem 3D and put a bomb trop on it, attached a weight at the end of the rope and then placed it on the bomb drop. So I flew the plane over the tree then droped the weight, land the plane, try to pull on the rope to shake the tree, but even though I made the tree shake a good bit it stil would not come out (I think it might have a servo wire tangled around a branch or something like that). So I kept on tying to fly over the tree with my plane, but it was getting dark so I lost orientation of the plane and WAM into the tree. So now I have TWO planes stuck in the same tree (the second one is a bit lower). Now what do I do? Rain is coming in two days so I need to get them out before then. BTW the tree would be very hard and dangerous to climb.

Any ideas welcome. @LitterBug @Houndpup Rc @Mr Man @Mr NCT

OUCH!! I suggest PVC or conduit👍

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Does need to be schedule 80 otherwise after two lengths it makes a big arc and touches the ground. metal conduit perhaps? Spray foam filled?

Yeah, even thick 2" will do that...You just fit it up between branches and use them to support it so it doesn't bend too much.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

I’ve managed to get a rope in the tree and shake but they still have not moved. I think the edge has a loose servo stuck between branches.

I have been able to move the plane down lower by punching it...

 

[Houndpup Rc]

The tree they are stuck in is basically unclimbable. I tried using my drone to drop a branch attached to a rope but it won't grip the branch properly, but I did get close so I will keep on trying.

Careful not to get the drone caught! That is a LOT harder to get out as it a lot smaller and not as light and has a bunch of props to hang up on stuff...

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Yeah metal would be too heavy.

Maybe you can get someone to help you...

 

[Jo's squadron]

Careful not to get the drone caught! That is a LOT harder to get out as it a lot smaller and not as light and has a bunch of props to hang up on stuff...

Yeah I'm not using my drone anymore, too windy and I almost got it caught yesterday.

 

[Jo's squadron]

I was looking into making a potato cannon but the correct materials are hard to find and it would be too expensive.