before you go buying a large rc heli....

betty.k · Post by **betty.k** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:19 am

you should probably read this!

http://www.archeli.com.au/phpBB2/viewto ... =79731#top

(just in case you need to be logged in,)

peter wrote:The pilot involved was flying a Bronze Wings test , and was part way through the last manoeuver, the landing; while his machine was hovering off to his left, prior to the ascent , it veered towards us , the blades caught the pilot just above his eye... a lot of his skull was clearly visible....
I was standing beside him , doing the testing ; thats as close as I ever want to be to spinning blades ......
As Lyle says , his hat , while now destroyed , appears to have absorbed a lot of the forces .......
And he was flying very competently leading up to this .. there wasn't a wind gust , and the heli tested ok afterwards , no frequency conflicts ....
He's cranky because he failed the test though !!! Says he'll be flying again next weekend ...

btw the heli appears to have come out OK too ; broken woodies , bent flybar and spindle, creased canopy seems to be all .....
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Peter

peter wrote:
The result of rappy 50 woodies meeting the pilots head .. 26 stitches ....,

he says he'll be back flying this weekend !! I'd still be crying ........
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Peter

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:29 am

Ouch , That had to have hurt like shit.

SuperFly · Post by **SuperFly** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:02 pm

Too bad that happened back in February, he would have been set for Halloween.

betty.k · Post by **betty.k** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:56 pm

naw man, our dates are day, month year, happened 2 days ago

he should still look crusty by the 31st

ph2t · Post by **ph2t** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:21 pm

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:39 pm

That dude is seriously lucky to be alive. If that hit his neck, we'd be seeing a picture of a closed casket funeral.

I refuse to take the dog with me when I go flying. I get shit for it..but I prefer to have 1 dog instead of 2 peices. He's only a 10lb daschund.

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:09 pm

A bit off topic but I got a dashcund too miniture , female , red long hair.

dogbreathracing · Post by **dogbreathracing** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:46 am

ooooooooohhhh.....that is gonna leave a mark.....for LIFE!