[quote=Edchris177]SKARR has it correct, water expands as it freezes, so it pushes up, plus the sea ice moves around quite bit.
It's hard to get firsthand accounts of how they would affect you upon landing. You would be dead, that ridge is over 20' high & the plane useful only for remelting into beer cans.:oops:
That was the big challenge of using icestrips, if you built them they were generally OK. Doing a windshield survey of potential landing site was trickier. If it was overcast you had total whiteout conditions,like being inside a milk bottle & no depth perception. Hitting a ridge only a foot high caused serious damage to the nose gear assembly.
Culley, I looked closer at your profile pics, that is one of the nicest sails I've ever seen on a beachcat. Maybe someday when kids are out of university & I learn how to run these things i can spring for one... <!-- editby --><em>edited by: Edchris177, Sep 15, 2010 - 09:53 AM</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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