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Scattering Ashes
I have a co-worker who's father just passed away. He'd like his ashes
scattered over his home town. I've read a few horror stories in flying magazine. Does anyone have any experience with this? I have a Mooney and am a little concerned about stuff getting blown back in, or all over the wings. Is a high-wing the best way to go? I've also heard that a tube and funnel thingy might be prudent. Thankx |
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I have a bit of experience. Perhaps others have more.
This is not terribly pretty, and perhaps a even a bit tacky, but it worked for us... Get some 3" abs or pvc drain pipe, about 3 - 3 1/2 ' long. Attach a cap to one end, and a cleanout fitting to the other. The cleanout fitting unscrews, which allows you to pour the ashes into the pipe. Of course, screw the fitting back on once done, but not too tight. When over the site, open the window, and with the cleanout fitting end as far out as you can, hold onto the pipe with one hand while unscrewing the fitting with the other. Keep the open end aft of the open window and as far down as you can comfortably reach. Don't drop the pipe! Oh, perhaps you want to paint things on the pipe. Harvey "Chris Matras" wrote in message ... I have a co-worker who's father just passed away. He'd like his ashes scattered over his home town. I've read a few horror stories in flying magazine. Does anyone have any experience with this? I have a Mooney and am a little concerned about stuff getting blown back in, or all over the wings. Is a high-wing the best way to go? I've also heard that a tube and funnel thingy might be prudent. Thankx |
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:02:27 -0500, Chris Matras
wrote: I have a co-worker who's father just passed away. He'd like his ashes scattered over his home town. I've read a few horror stories in flying magazine. Does anyone have any experience with this? I have a Mooney and am a little concerned about stuff getting blown back in, or all over the wings. Is a high-wing the best way to go? I've also heard that a tube and funnel thingy might be prudent. Thankx Only one problem with a tube out the window, dipped in bottle approach. The tube needs to poke into a (relatively) low pressure area, not high-pressure area, or it blows round the cockpit. Could practice with a u tube with a little water in it, to sample the differential, or with a sensitive gage, or use a bottle of flour or talcum? Brian Whatcott Altus, OK |
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You shouldn't be doing this unless you've done it before. There are folks
who specialize on this type of delicate task and most of them are reasonably priced. You or your friend should look into this first. My condolences to your co-worker. "Chris Matras" wrote in message ... I have a co-worker who's father just passed away. He'd like his ashes scattered over his home town. I've read a few horror stories in flying magazine. Does anyone have any experience with this? I have a Mooney and am a little concerned about stuff getting blown back in, or all over the wings. Is a high-wing the best way to go? I've also heard that a tube and funnel thingy might be prudent. Thankx |
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The subject comes up on the rec.aviation groups from time to time.
It'd be worth your while to google the newsgroup for it. Jim Weir has the most carefully thought out approach. It involves removing an inspection plate on the belly of his 182 and opening up the floor. Don |
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On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 01:24:31 GMT, Don Tuite
wrote: The subject comes up on the rec.aviation groups from time to time. It'd be worth your while to google the newsgroup for it. Jim Weir has the most carefully thought out approach. It involves removing an inspection plate on the belly of his 182 and opening up the floor. Don Not recommended for human ashes. Electronic ashes may be different. The tube method is probably the best. Duct tape a 1" tube all the way down the fuse, past the tail. The pressure differential will pull the ashes out. As Juan says, practice. If you mess up you could be breathing your cargo for a long time or allow him to literally sandblast the side of your aircraft. Good luck. |
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Jon A. wrote:
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 01:24:31 GMT, Don Tuite wrote: The subject comes up on the rec.aviation groups from time to time. It'd be worth your while to google the newsgroup for it. Jim Weir has the most carefully thought out approach. It involves removing an inspection plate on the belly of his 182 and opening up the floor. Don Not recommended for human ashes. Electronic ashes may be different. The tube method is probably the best. Duct tape a 1" tube all the way down the fuse, past the tail. The pressure differential will pull the ashes out. As Juan says, practice. If you mess up you could be breathing your cargo for a long time or allow him to literally sandblast the side of your aircraft. Good luck. Doesn't sound too smart to have a long rubber tube hanging out in the slipstream which will happen if the tape get's ripped off...Be careful with these experiments...an ASW crew on my base a few years ago screwed up royally when they went out with lots to tape on ten inch reels but had forgotten to take out an empty reel to 'get things started' so to speak. One bright bulb said 'no sweat' we'll just dump a reel's tape by feeding the tape out the General Purpose chute. He stuck a pencil through the reel and fed it out...until the speed of the spinning reel (at approx the speed of sound) wore the pencil off, the zinging reel hit the floor at some God awful RPM, shattered and drove plastic shards all over his legs. Had to abort the patrol and get him home...painful and embarrassing... -- -Gord. (use gordon in email) |
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Jon A. wrote: On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 01:24:31 GMT, Don Tuite wrote: The subject comes up on the rec.aviation groups from time to time. It'd be worth your while to google the newsgroup for it. Jim Weir has the most carefully thought out approach. It involves removing an inspection plate on the belly of his 182 and opening up the floor. Don Not recommended for human ashes. Electronic ashes may be different. The tube method is probably the best. Duct tape a 1" tube all the way down the fuse, past the tail. The pressure differential will pull the ashes out. As Juan says, practice. If you mess up you could be breathing your cargo for a long time or allow him to literally sandblast the side of your aircraft. Good luck. Is that an approved tube to be taped on the aircraft? Something stupid like that would have a good chance of killing somebody when it got loose. |
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What the hell are electronic ashes? THe idea is to get a junk inspection
plate, drill a hole in it for a PVC fitting, on the outside of the airplane cut the PVC off at a 45d angle facing aft to get vacuum, put a deflection plate behind the PVC cutoff to deflect the ashes down, run a shopvac flex hose up to a plastic utility box, put yet another PVC fitting on the box to connect the hose to the box (flush fitting inside the box). Test fly it with kitty litter. IF you got it right, test fly it again with fireplace ashes. If you don't find kitty litter or fireplace ash somewhere on the belly when you get back on the ground, you got it right. WIth the dearly departed in the box, gently scoop or brush the ashes over to the PVC drain hole in the box. When brushing gets no more of the ash out, sluice the box out with liquid of choice to get all the ash into the drain hole. Some may use holy water. Some may use Guinness. I want Chardonnay. Jim Jon A. wrote: On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 01:24:31 GMT, Don Tuite wrote: The subject comes up on the rec.aviation groups from time to time. It'd be worth your while to google the newsgroup for it. Jim Weir has the most carefully thought out approach. It involves removing an inspection plate on the belly of his 182 and opening up the floor. Don Not recommended for human ashes. Electronic ashes may be different. |
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