Oshkosh camping list? (Planning for next year)

Peter R. wrote:
What tent brands work at OSH and what brands should I avoid?

Peter,
I paid $24 for a 3-person dome tent on sale with free shipping from
amazon.com last fall

http://makeashorterlink.com/?R2381668D

The only thing we did was to use the heavier duty tent stakes (which
came with our 7-person family tent) at Oskosh. It was very easy to
setup, take down and repack. It rained every night (quite heavily on
Tuesday - from the 'uncertain weather' storm cloud which you commented
on my Oshkosh pic links) while we were there but we stayed completely
dry.

Since it was our first time of using the tent, I did not know
whether the tent would hold up against potential strong winds and heavy
rain so I rolled up the sleeping bags and moved everything but the
thermarest sleeping pads inside the plane.while we were away during
the day time.

If you have a high-winged plane, you can pitch the tent under the
wing. I saw several people putting a tarp over the wing (tying it down
with some ropes and tent stakes) thus further rainproofing the tent
from both sides. This is something that we will definitely adopt in our
next camping trip this coming weekend at the Cardinal flyin at Mt
Washington Regional Airport (HIE), Whitefield, NH. Bruce Hutchings,
the airport manager had just emailed me telling us that we could either
camp with our plane in the field or in a nearby campsite.

Hai Longworth

Hey, John, are camping and/or parking reservations required at OSH? If so,
when do they begin taking them?

The only reservations are for IFR arrival slots.
See the NOTAM for the first day one can reserve and IFR arrival slot and
procedures.
As for camping resevations, there are none. It is first come, first
serve. Although the ATIS was broadcasting that the field was full this
year, there were plenty of camping spaces in the North 40 as people were
leaving all day.

If you are going late and you have friends arriving early, you can have
them "reserve" a space next to them by having them pay for your camping
permit when they register. They can then tape off a space for you and
mark it with your camping permit. You will have to contact them prior to
arrival and find out what row your space is in so you can tell the
volunteer flagpeople where you are going and why.

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"Longworth" wrote:

If you have a high-winged plane, you can pitch the tent under the
wing. I saw several people putting a tarp over the wing (tying it down
with some ropes and tent stakes) thus further rainproofing the tent
from both sides. This is something that we will definitely adopt in our
next camping trip this coming weekend at the Cardinal flyin at Mt
Washington Regional Airport (HIE), Whitefield, NH. Bruce Hutchings,
the airport manager had just emailed me telling us that we could either
camp with our plane in the field or in a nearby campsite.

You may want to rethink that with that nice new paint job on your
Cardinal. The wind blowing the tarp and airplane will cause wear spots
through the paint on your wings.

john smith wrote:
You may want to rethink that with that nice new paint job on your
Cardinal. The wind blowing the tarp and airplane will cause wear spots
through the paint on your wings.

Hmm, this may be the case if the metal grommets come into contact
with the paint. I'd think that the plastic tarp would be soft enough
not to inflict any damages. If we are to use the tarp, I'd want to
leave it on only when we are around to make sure that the winds were
not too strong to cause lots of flapping.

Hai Longworth

Ron Natalie wrote:
We camp relatively light. Tent, air mattress, sleeping bags, towels
(and soap and whatever else you'll need for the showers), couple of
folding chairs, small apparatus for making coffee in the morning,
and a case of wine, four glasses and a corkscrew.

Ron,
We also find the espresso maker indispensable for camping. I can
not see standing in line for a cup of lukewarm dishwater or making do
with some awful instant coffee in the morning. For this camping trip,
we drew the line at bringing some wine bottles and real glasses but had
done so in the past. One year, I packed a very good bottle of wine, 4
glasses, a corkscrew, some cheeses, crackers and fruits in a backpack
and hiked up a mountain with some friends. We had a fabulous picnic at
the summit. It was definitely worth the hassle.
By the way, what do you use for a camp stove. We have used a
two-burner liquid fuel Coleman stove for years but it is kind of bulky
and heavy for a plane. I'm thinking of replacing it with a
single-burner multi fuel backpacking stove and will have to do some
reseach.

Hai Longworth

Ron Natalie wrote:

small apparatus for making coffee in the morning,

Is this a percolator pot or some powered brewer?

What am I saying... I have a pretty good French press pot that makes a
smooth brew so all I need would be to be able to boil water.


--
Peter

"Longworth" wrote:

I'd think that the plastic tarp would be soft enough
not to inflict any damages.

It won't if you can make certain that no dust or grit gets under the it. At
OSH, that would be tough. Once it's worn a couple of grooves in your paint,
it's game over.

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

"...gets under the *edges*"

"Longworth" wrote in message
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john smith wrote:
You may want to rethink that with that nice new paint job on your
Cardinal. The wind blowing the tarp and airplane will cause wear spots
through the paint on your wings.

Hmm, this may be the case if the metal grommets come into contact
with the paint. I'd think that the plastic tarp would be soft enough
not to inflict any damages. If we are to use the tarp, I'd want to
leave it on only when we are around to make sure that the winds were
not too strong to cause lots of flapping.

La y a blanket or beach towels under the plastic.
--
Jim in NC

Dan Luke wrote:


It won't if you can make certain that no dust or grit gets under the it. At
OSH, that would be tough. Once it's worn a couple of grooves in your paint,
it's game over.

Dan,
When it comes to camping at Oshkosh or even camping with your plane,
we are complete newbies. I just thought that it was a cool idea to use
the tarp over the wing to shield the tent. You are right that when
dirt or grit gets under the tarp, paint damages are certain.

Thanks.

Hai Longworth