With a little down-elevator, the tail comes up as soon as I feed in throttle. The airplane glides across snow with superb dexterity. The results of the ski conversion were even better than I had hoped. Last winter, I installed skis on my Great Planes ElectriCub II. Depending on the size of wheels that you normally use, you might lose some ride height when switching to skis, so make sure that you still have adequate propeller clearance. They adapt to tail-draggers and airplanes with tricycle gear. Du-Bro offers skis that are a simple bolt-on modification for most models. All you have to do is swap the wheels for skis. Your favorite Sunday flyer can be flown in winter as well. I suspect that they all possess similar frigid-weather chops. I do not think that the Funter is still available in hobby shops, but there are many other models that share the same basic planform. The rudder even provides a fair degree of steering authority when "taxiing" on snow. This same airplane will happily perform sliding takeoffs on snow. In warmer months, the Funter requires a hand launch followed by a belly landing in the grass. It has a foam airframe with a long, smooth underside and a pusher motor mounted above the wing.
The Origin Hobby Funter wasn’t designed to fly from snow-covered runways, but this airplane does it well.Īnother model that I have found to work well in the snow is the Origin Hobby Funter. Similar to many models that are designed for water use, this Twin Pond Master is great fun in the snow. Because the fuselage has a wide, flat bottom, I can remove the detachable wing-mounted tip floats when I’m flying off of snow. I use differential thrust for yaw control on water, snow, and in the air. It is a simple airplane that does many things well. Mine has been upgraded with brushless motors and LiPo battery power. This two-motor variant of the venerable Puddle Master was designed to use Speed 400 brushed motors and NiCd batteries. One of my favorite water-based models to fly in the winter is the Twin Pond Master. It would be a good idea to remove it or tuck it away to prevent damaging it by dragging it through the snow. The only obvious exception applies if your model has a protruding water rudder. Most water-friendly models are also snow-friendly without making any modifications. In a sense, flying off of the snow is still float-flying. Floatplanes and seaplanes are prime examples.
Some of them even seem to be custom-made for the white stuff. There is a variety of electric-powered, fixed-wing models that can operate from the snow. Many of the modelers here take great pride in flying year-round. I am making up for lost time now that I live in Buffalo, New York. Until a few years ago, I had always lived south of Interstate 40, where there’s not much snow. The joys of snowy runways are relatively new to me. All you need is a snow-capable model and a few simple precautions to mitigate the cold. MANY OF YOU ARE already aware of what I am about to write: RC flying in the snow is a lot of fun! There is something really pleasing about carving tracks in a fresh blanket of snow as you perform touch-and-gos with your winged aircraft. As seen in the December 2021 issue of Model Aviation.
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