Comments on: How to Rescue Your RC Plane from a Tree http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/ Your blog is probably better than mine. Wed, 16 May 2012 23:39:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ron http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/comment-page-2/#comment-185916 Ron Wed, 16 May 2012 23:39:46 +0000 http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/#comment-185916 What happens when you get the RC helicopter with the sky hook stuck. I might have to try some helium ballons with a good fish hook on it as mine is too close to the neighbors house to use slingshots and fishing weights What happens when you get the RC helicopter with the sky hook stuck. I might have to try some helium ballons with a good fish hook on it as mine is too close to the neighbors house to use slingshots and fishing weights

]]> By: Stephen http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/comment-page-2/#comment-179731 Stephen Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:51:01 +0000 http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/#comment-179731 My Champ was thrown up on top of a gum tree due to a gust of wind today. Tried throwing various things including branches but no luck Went home and tried attaching a line from my kite to a tennis ball, and after several attempts, managed to dislodge it. The trick was to throw it over the plane and then lift it up with the tennis ball which was able to move it enough to let it fall. My Champ was thrown up on top of a gum tree due to a gust of wind today.

Tried throwing various things including branches but no luck

Went home and tried attaching a line from my kite to a tennis ball, and after several attempts, managed to dislodge it.

The trick was to throw it over the plane and then lift it up with the tennis ball which was able to move it enough to let it fall.

]]> By: Matt Arrington http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/comment-page-2/#comment-173456 Matt Arrington Sun, 04 Mar 2012 04:09:26 +0000 http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/#comment-173456 I have a Radian stuck about 50' up in a tree. It sucks seeing your fully intact plane stuck and no way to retrieve it. I laughed as I read your failed attempts because I tried everything you did with the same results. PVC pipe is the biggest waste of time if you are more than 20' up. Thanks for the sling shot idea. You gave me hope! I'll be buying a bow next if this doesn't work! I have a Radian stuck about 50′ up in a tree. It sucks seeing your fully intact plane stuck and no way to retrieve it. I laughed as I read your failed attempts because I tried everything you did with the same results. PVC pipe is the biggest waste of time if you are more than 20′ up. Thanks for the sling shot idea. You gave me hope! I’ll be buying a bow next if this doesn’t work!

]]> By: Dave http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/comment-page-2/#comment-169273 Dave Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:33:24 +0000 http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/#comment-169273 Stewart, that is an epic story! Did you find this blog before or after rescuing your plane? Stewart, that is an epic story! Did you find this blog before or after rescuing your plane?

]]> By: Stewart http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/comment-page-2/#comment-169269 Stewart Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:14:30 +0000 http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/#comment-169269 Got my FPV-equipped plane stuck 75 feet up in a tree after the motor cut out. I tried so many things, including a bow and arrow, slingshot with twine tied to 3/4oz. sinker, giant homemade slingshot with the same sinker, pellet gun, disc golf discs and my paintball gun (which wouldn't work right) and I had no success for 72 hours until I switched my slingshot setup up. I used an $8 slingshot and a $3 spool of 50lb. test fishing line, along with a 3/4oz. egg-shaped sinker, to finally dislodge my AXN. The key was bringing a blanket to spread out on the ground so the line wouldn't snag on the grass and weeds. With the thin twine attached to the sinker, I lost about 30 feet of range. I should have used the fishing line from the beginning. The amazing part of this story is that both of my LiPo's are charging just fine after being completely drained. Got my FPV-equipped plane stuck 75 feet up in a tree after the motor cut out. I tried so many things, including a bow and arrow, slingshot with twine tied to 3/4oz. sinker, giant homemade slingshot with the same sinker, pellet gun, disc golf discs and my paintball gun (which wouldn’t work right) and I had no success for 72 hours until I switched my slingshot setup up. I used an $8 slingshot and a $3 spool of 50lb. test fishing line, along with a 3/4oz. egg-shaped sinker, to finally dislodge my AXN. The key was bringing a blanket to spread out on the ground so the line wouldn’t snag on the grass and weeds. With the thin twine attached to the sinker, I lost about 30 feet of range. I should have used the fishing line from the beginning. The amazing part of this story is that both of my LiPo’s are charging just fine after being completely drained.

]]> By: Daniel http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/comment-page-2/#comment-167974 Daniel Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:20:23 +0000 http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/#comment-167974 LOL nice read and video. I like your sense of humor. Anyways ... I recently recovered my double horse 9053 heli out of a tree with a bobcat forklift, and a rake. Needless to say, it wasnt fun standing on the forks holding a rake with one hand ... But it got the job done. Now that I think about it, ill try something different next time. Perhaps using fishing line, lead weights, and a slingshot ? LOL nice read and video. I like your sense of humor. Anyways … I recently recovered my double horse 9053 heli out of a tree with a bobcat forklift, and a rake. Needless to say, it wasnt fun standing on the forks holding a rake with one hand … But it got the job done. Now that I think about it, ill try something different next time. Perhaps using fishing line, lead weights, and a slingshot ?

]]> By: Dave http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/comment-page-2/#comment-163534 Dave Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:28:25 +0000 http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/#comment-163534 Coxy, that is an epic story! I am so glad to hear you got your heli back. Coxy, that is an epic story! I am so glad to hear you got your heli back.

]]> By: Coxy http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/comment-page-2/#comment-163523 Coxy Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:21:09 +0000 http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/#comment-163523 Hi, for Christmas I received a sweet 42 inch RC helicopter. I began my first test flight the next day and within 20 seconds of flight a big dog was trying to eat it. for 10 seconds this did not appear to be a problem and I just kept my baby in the air - then the wind blew for the first time that day... 10 seconds later I had the dilema: land the copter and let the dog eat it or let the wind take it further and further away. I thought I could control it... 5 more seconds passed and the copter was over a roof, above a road, next to a high tree and spinning round and round completly out of control. 5 seconds later the wind took it higher and higher. This was my first flight so a crash land was almost inevitable and I was determined to bring it back above the grass to at least give it a chance of survival. I kept pulling at the controls and it kept going higher and higher and round and round until it made friends with the tallest tree in the park, about 4 stories high. So my first flight lasted less than 1 minute and my Christmas gift was now up a tree. I tried tennis balls, block and tackels etc etc. I went to the tree every hour when the wind picked up in the evenings and also checked the area at 4:30am in the mornings before anyone walked their dogs (I live in Australia and its summer time right now). Then I found this forum. Adopting the fishing wire method I invited my frined round with his fishing rod and using his strongest line we tied a Y shaped branch and cast the line over and over again trying to snag the highest branch. Over 1.5 hours we snaged the branch only 5 times in the ideal spot and were able to shake the hell out of it before the line broke. Eventiualy on the 6th sucessfull snag we managed to shake the copter out of the tree. It fell through the tree so I had just enough time to figure out its direction and caught it in my hands about 2 meters off the concret ground. Suprisingly, after 3 days of extreem Australian summer heat the copter still works. Thanks 2 everyone for all their advice, hope my method helps someone else. Hi, for Christmas I received a sweet 42 inch RC helicopter. I began my first test flight the next day and within 20 seconds of flight a big dog was trying to eat it. for 10 seconds this did not appear to be a problem and I just kept my baby in the air – then the wind blew for the first time that day… 10 seconds later I had the dilema: land the copter and let the dog eat it or let the wind take it further and further away. I thought I could control it… 5 more seconds passed and the copter was over a roof, above a road, next to a high tree and spinning round and round completly out of control. 5 seconds later the wind took it higher and higher. This was my first flight so a crash land was almost inevitable and I was determined to bring it back above the grass to at least give it a chance of survival. I kept pulling at the controls and it kept going higher and higher and round and round until it made friends with the tallest tree in the park, about 4 stories high. So my first flight lasted less than 1 minute and my Christmas gift was now up a tree. I tried tennis balls, block and tackels etc etc. I went to the tree every hour when the wind picked up in the evenings and also checked the area at 4:30am in the mornings before anyone walked their dogs (I live in Australia and its summer time right now). Then I found this forum. Adopting the fishing wire method I invited my frined round with his fishing rod and using his strongest line we tied a Y shaped branch and cast the line over and over again trying to snag the highest branch. Over 1.5 hours we snaged the branch only 5 times in the ideal spot and were able to shake the hell out of it before the line broke. Eventiualy on the 6th sucessfull snag we managed to shake the copter out of the tree. It fell through the tree so I had just enough time to figure out its direction and caught it in my hands about 2 meters off the concret ground. Suprisingly, after 3 days of extreem Australian summer heat the copter still works. Thanks 2 everyone for all their advice, hope my method helps someone else.

]]> By: JONES http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-162866 JONES Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:14:07 +0000 http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/#comment-162866 hi how are you i have a simmilar problem i have an rc heli and it got stuck in a tree probably 60 70 feet high but t is held by really skinny twigs and small branches do you what to do and the tree breanchis over an unbusy street please help hi how are you
i have a simmilar problem i have an rc heli and it got stuck in a tree probably 60 70 feet high but t is held by really skinny twigs and small branches do you what to do and the tree breanchis over an unbusy street please help

]]> By: AirHogs01 http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-159775 AirHogs01 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:37:36 +0000 http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2006/11/08/how-to-rescue-your-rc-plane-from-a-tree/#comment-159775 I just called the fire department. I just called the fire department.

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