before you go buying a large rc heli....
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:19 am
you should probably read this! 
http://www.archeli.com.au/phpBB2/viewto ... =79731#top
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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
