A new topic How to get a plane out of a tree?

joecrouse · Post by **joecrouse** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:30 pm

Without climbing it

Silly tree, P-40s are for the Chinese not for eating.

ADW 123 · Post by **ADW 123** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:10 pm

there are a couple of neat tools you can use for this. they really consist of a pole that can be extented and a hook or something at the end. do some googling. maybe "model airplane tree retrieval" or something

joecrouse · Post by **joecrouse** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:27 pm

Was hoping for novel methods or at least some sympathy (-=
spoil sport.

Squishyp38 · Post by **Squishyp38** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:00 am

duct tape on the end of a pole: tape it to your cat, and have a dog chase him uo the tree.

Squishyp38 · Post by **Squishyp38** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:06 am

or you could put duct tape on a boomerang and throw it at the plane.......

grinx76 · Post by **grinx76** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 1:53 pm

Estes Rocket

SteveM · Post by **SteveM** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:22 pm

The first plane blew out of the tree that night and I picked it up off the ground. The next one to get stuck in a tree I had to call a tree pruner guy to come out that evening and climb the tree and fetch it for $40.

Now days I avoid the trees at all costs.

Xanadu · Post by **Xanadu** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:11 pm

I have used a fishing rod with a weight on the end, and also a 1/8" thick rope with a weight on the end. Toss it over the branch, and jiggle it.

Xanadu · Post by **Xanadu** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:12 pm

But I have also used a chainsaw, but only on my own trees on my 5 acres.

kittyfritters · Post by **kittyfritters** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 11:53 am

In all seriousness, several of the guys that I fly with have raw (no hardware) fiberglass fishing pole cores to poke models out of trees. Combining an ocean fishing pole with a fly fishing pole gives a pole that is about 25 feet, extended, that telescopes down to four feet.

They are even handy when flying indoors to retrieve models that alight atop basketball back stops, scoreboards, and light fixtures. We have cardboard circles that we place over the basketball hoops before we fly. (Getting a model tangled in a basketball net out without damage is almost impossible.) A tab on the side of the circle with a small hole in it allows use of the pole to place and remove the circles.

kittyfritters · Post by **kittyfritters** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 11:53 am

In all seriousness, several of the guys that I fly with have raw (no hardware) fiberglass fishing pole cores to poke models out of trees. Combining an ocean fishing pole with a fly fishing pole gives a pole that is about 25 feet, extended, that telescopes down to four feet.

They are even handy when flying indoors to retrieve models that alight atop basketball back stops, scoreboards, and light fixtures. We have cardboard circles that we place over the basketball hoops before we fly. (Getting a model tangled in a basketball net out without damage is almost impossible.) A tab on the side of the circle with a small hole in it allows use of the pole to place and remove the circles.

cliffm · Post by **cliffm** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:21 pm

I acquired an extendable pole with different attachments for changing light bulbs in my shop and it extends to about 22ft. It cost about $14,Menard's and Home of Economy have them around here but any hardware or home supply should have something comparible.

SteveM · Post by **SteveM** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:43 pm

You guys must have short trees. You can't really make it out in this photo unless you know where to look, but my plane is stuck right in the top most branches of the big tree that is slightly left of center.

Xanadu · Post by **Xanadu** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:14 pm

The trees here are 60' as well, vast majority of them anyways. There are some smaller 20-30 footers as well.

roring40 · Post by **roring40** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:24 am

Now that is an impressive place to park your plane !