[NSRCA-discussion] Stupid accident

[Ronald Van Putte]

My favorite "trick" is to neglect to attach the aileron servo  
connections if I am disturbed while assembling the airplane.   
Consequently, John Fuqua asks me to "wiggle the sticks" before  
carrying the airplane out; it's saved my airplane twice already.

Ron VP

On Aug 22, 2009, at 4:44 PM, Jim Quinn wrote:

> Wow! I saw these planes at Toledo and the Nats! I'm really sorry.  
> They were/are beautiful trophy winners in Toledo. I agree with Don,  
> make a routine and stick with it. A good budfdfy of mine recently  
> had 9 stitches from a mini electric (smaller than a 1/2 glow) when  
> his throttle went to high, he grabbed the wing and the plane spun  
> around and struck his hand.
>
> Jim Quinn
>
>
> From: "Atwood, Mark" <atwoodm at paragon-inc.com>
> To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 2:45:03 PM
> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Stupid accident
>
> Hey All,
>
>
> Had a bad morning this morning because I got careless, and because  
> I altered my normal habits. I normally have my neck strap tucked  
> into my shirt starting the airplane, but this morning I simply  
> clipped it onto the Tx while it was sitting on the ground.    
> Started my primary Black Magic, had it sitting on idle, picked up  
> my Tx and somehow turned the Tx funny such that the strap bumped  
> the throttle…enough to make the plane jump forward startling me.   
> In the split second that I moved to catch it, the strap moved the  
> throttle higher and before I could recover it, it slammed the wing  
> into the table next to me hard enough to snap the entire fuselage  
> into two pieces.
>
>
> I was very fortunate that no one was injured and that no other  
> equipment was damaged, but I was crushed to watch (in slow motion  
> of course) such catastrophic damage occur to the plane.  They’re  
> just not meant for that type of abrupt side load.
>
>
> Anyhow, just wanted to throw out the warning.  I’ve picked up my tx  
> 1000 times without incident, but seldom do I have the strap  
> attached.  Just not my routine. But one odd movement can make  
> things go VERY wrong, VERY fast.  Be careful, be methodical, and  
> don’t change your habits.
>
>
> Mark
>
> PS, probably repairable over the winter.  Fuse is in 2 pieces with  
> a lot of damage, and the wing that hit is pretty messed up.  It’ll  
> be a project for sure.
>
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