[NSRCA-discussion] Stupid accident

[J N Hiller]

Been there! Done that! I now pay more attention.
Jim H

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Jay Marshall
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 7:36 AM
To: 'General pattern discussion'
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Stupid accident

Just "wiggling" doesn't do it. After changing servos, I "wiggled" and
everything was fine .. until airborne. The new servos rotated the opposite
direction and the ailerons were reversed!

Jay Marshall
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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Richard
Strickland
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 10:28 AM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Stupid accident

There was an old saw about pilots who had landed gear up this reminds me of:
"There are two types of pilots--those that have landed gear up and those
that are going to.." And then a few--well actually many years ago--there was
another article in FLYING by a guy who had landed gear up for the second
time...  So he changed it to: "There are three types of pilots--those that
have, those that are going to--and those that are going to again..."
I lost a perfect Tipo 750 way back and a nice Temptation more recently by
not plugging in the ailerons and was distracted both times during
assembly--and not wiggling the surfaces prior to take-off.
RS

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From: jpavlick at idseng.com
To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:53:11 -0400
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Stupid accident
Been there done that. But only once... so far...

John Pavlick
http://www.idseng.com <http://www.idseng.com/>
----- Original Message -----
From: Ronald Van Putte <mailto:vanputte at cox.net>
To: Jim Quinn <mailto:jaqfly at prodigy.net>  ; General pattern discussion
<mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Stupid accident

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


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From: "Atwood, Mark" < atwoodm at paragon-inc.com
<mailto:atwoodm at paragon-inc.com> >
To: General pattern discussion < nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
<mailto: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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