Justy
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A few days ago I went out launching with my brother. This was good. He asked me to take his launch box home, since he was giving a bunch of his friends rides home. Fair 'nuff.
The days since have been cold. Very cold for this place. Today was the coldest January 4 on record in Vancouver. It hasn't been above freezing since the day I launched, and while that may not seem much to folks in the midwest, it's something unusual for us, our climate just doesn't do that (something about a warm water current from the Sea of Japan keeping the winters mild). We do scrape frost off car windows each winter, but I am unaccustomed to scraping frost off the INSIDE of my windshield. And this whole frozen lock thing is strange, too.
BUT ANYHOW... tonight I remembered that I hadn't pulled the launch box out of my car, meaning the BP motors inside are quite thoroughly frozen. There are some motors sealed in their Estes packages, and some loose.
So, my question to those who know more than I... once thawed, will they still be safe to fly?
The days since have been cold. Very cold for this place. Today was the coldest January 4 on record in Vancouver. It hasn't been above freezing since the day I launched, and while that may not seem much to folks in the midwest, it's something unusual for us, our climate just doesn't do that (something about a warm water current from the Sea of Japan keeping the winters mild). We do scrape frost off car windows each winter, but I am unaccustomed to scraping frost off the INSIDE of my windshield. And this whole frozen lock thing is strange, too.
BUT ANYHOW... tonight I remembered that I hadn't pulled the launch box out of my car, meaning the BP motors inside are quite thoroughly frozen. There are some motors sealed in their Estes packages, and some loose.
So, my question to those who know more than I... once thawed, will they still be safe to fly?