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[malcolmfrary]

If the boat lacks the weight to drop itself through the ice, there is the problem of getting off.  Even if the stern is not sufficiently submerged to flood the back end, there might not be enough power to pull it back off the ice.  The surface of the ice might not be as low-friction as you think for something small and light that has just flopped onto it dripping wet, runny water that freezes onto the surface.  I managed to give myself a scare with my Snowberry like that several years ago.
arrow5, how did you get your springer back?  How did you manage to get it there in the first place?

[Arrow5]

What do you mean "get it back"? Radio control of course. Oh I get it , you are talking about the still shot  I walked see post 24.

[das boot]

I took the Patrick Henry out in icy waters, it just smashed it's way through the ice with no problem. Mind you, the thing was so heavy it would have needed really thick ice to stop the thing. Got a pic of it somewhere, I'll try and find it. I was to nervy to submerge and try sufacing through it though...


Rich

[alan colson]

A friend of mine tried with a Tamiya Samson tug a few years ago, the ice split the bow of the hull, he was lucky to get it back to shore.
Alan

[Ghost in the shell]

Yamato and celestia have both done ice breaking, yamato's sharp bow slicing into a slab of ice and the 4 props shoved the boat (and the ice) forwards. Celestia's icebreaking was done on the trent and mersey canal

[Hannu]

Aquacraft Bristol Bay in cold weather:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YrSanAnoxs

[ministeve]

myself and john hughes had fun at balne moor last winter until fatigue set in

[herrmill]

Might just have to try that with the ironclads or one of the subs in the office koi pond when it gets colder in a few months.  The pond is small enough for an SAR mission should it come to that.  :'(

Chuck

[Arrow5]

More ice breaking on youtube  http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1cjmEmJVs    oops that didnt work, look for MacSpringer.

[dan]

i tryed icebreaking for the first time today with the al khubar, went well until a gear broke when it was in the middle of the lake, still looked good though 

[Tug-Kenny RIP]

How all is well now.

Sorry I didn't get to the lake. I saw the ice on the drive and thought better about it. Hope not to much damage with your boat

ken

[andyn]

I tryed it this morning as planned with the perkasa, doesnt really break the ice as much as push giant ice sheets around a lot

Blew a fuse when I got it out the water but other than that not even a scratch on the paint.

And the *^$&*(^& ducks didnt like the new water cannon I've fitted to it much

[dan]

How all is well now.

Sorry I didn't get to the lake. I saw the ice on the drive and thought better about it. Hope not to much damage with your boat

ken

nothing i can't sort out    just a bit embarrassing when lots of people are watching,
and there was no damage to my paint work either which i was quite supprised about