Explorer operation (2001-04-21)

Time to check if ice has melted or not.
 
Day started as foggy and rather cold (just above freezing point), but better was to be expected. We didn't rush getting to hoverport as in the aftrenoon it was forecasted to be sunny and warmer weather and best of all no wind at all.
 
About 1:00PM we got to hoverport and as we drove there we got first rays of sun. River was already flowing free and had done that for two weeks but because of recent windy weathers we hadn't been able to do any hovering recently.
 
Engine started easily and it was much easier to operate the craft on water than it had been over a slippery ice. We drove to bay and checked the ice. Basicly there was still ice at the center of bays and where there isn't so much current. Ice hold the craft up in most places even if stopped but i guess load is distributed to such a big area. For someone walking it would be more difficult, i bet. Not that there was too much to walk on anyway. Starting from shore there was plenty of free water until remaining ice was strong enough to hold anything.
 
There wasn't any problems on our trip, not counting the few operator induced ones.
 
Clip #32 - After skirt trim Versions:
Explorer running on blocks after skirt patch has been trimmed.
 
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