Slick Ice and ski flying
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:52 am
We just need to teach these guys when on "polished" ice.... and not
stopping.... to go full left rudder, full power, turn the bastard around and
then maintain full power while sliding backwards until you stop!! Ice like
this happens very rarely, but when it does it's like bowling for airplanes.
There wasn't as much as a ripple, air pocket or hump in the lake surface and
you couldn't damage the gear by catching on anything if you spun the
airplane around on skis. We had some very near misses with around 40
airplanes tucked to the shore. One guy with a Luscombe... I grabbed his wing
strut as he went by to change his course a couple of degrees. Damn good
thing as he missed my prop tip by about 6 inches with his wing tip. This was
one day were penetration skis really shined as the tires where actually
steerable and brakes worked (a bit). What happened to generate this ice was
rain and +10C on the Friday and Sat morning, then a flash freeze Sat
afternoon to -25C making the smoothest ice I've ever seen for a Sunday
afternoon get together on Matchadash Lake just North/West of Orillia. When
walking on the ice you could not even lift a foot, or you'd fall on your
butt. Had to slide one foot ahead of the other to make it to shore.
Wayne
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From: "Warren Montgomery" <monty@emirates.net.ae>
To: <murphy-rebel@dcsol.com>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: Midland Ski Flyin
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stopping.... to go full left rudder, full power, turn the bastard around and
then maintain full power while sliding backwards until you stop!! Ice like
this happens very rarely, but when it does it's like bowling for airplanes.
There wasn't as much as a ripple, air pocket or hump in the lake surface and
you couldn't damage the gear by catching on anything if you spun the
airplane around on skis. We had some very near misses with around 40
airplanes tucked to the shore. One guy with a Luscombe... I grabbed his wing
strut as he went by to change his course a couple of degrees. Damn good
thing as he missed my prop tip by about 6 inches with his wing tip. This was
one day were penetration skis really shined as the tires where actually
steerable and brakes worked (a bit). What happened to generate this ice was
rain and +10C on the Friday and Sat morning, then a flash freeze Sat
afternoon to -25C making the smoothest ice I've ever seen for a Sunday
afternoon get together on Matchadash Lake just North/West of Orillia. When
walking on the ice you could not even lift a foot, or you'd fall on your
butt. Had to slide one foot ahead of the other to make it to shore.
Wayne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Warren Montgomery" <monty@emirates.net.ae>
To: <murphy-rebel@dcsol.com>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: Midland Ski Flyin
1000+ feet >AFTER< turning their engines off!!..Beta props anyone? The extra 6K could be worth it??
Warren
Wayne G. O'Shea wrote:
Got pretty dangerous at a local hunt camp with guys sliding for an extra
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