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<DIV>Well, I'll chime in with a new (to me) at least situation. I was
starting my Piedmont Sport on one of the new safety benches, (I'll bet those
things have saved a few fingers already) and I had just started my Y.S. 1.20
FS. It was running at, probably, 4-5K rpm. For some reason, it
backfired, and started running backwards. Obviously, the prop is now
trying to back the airplane up, which it did--too successfully. The bench
was narrowed about 18 inches or so back, and the plane backed up to the narrow
portion, and both wheels went off the bench, dropping the fuselage, (with engine
running) onto the bench. The propeller converted itself into a hub and two
flying dirks, that fortunately didn't hit anybody. I was by myself at the
time, so there was little danger of injury, (the airplane was, naturally,
backing away from me) but I now feel that I'll secure the plane with a bungee or
something so it can't move fore or aft. Just thought I'd share this.</DIV>
<DIV>Bill Glaze</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 22, 2009 5:19
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Stupid
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<DIV>Mark, sorry to hear of the damage to your plane. Thankfully you
weren't 'damaged'. I understand fully when you mention your
routine. I think we all have our routines for our planes. I know I
have an assembly sequence that is very important and when someone interrupts
me while I am assembling my plane, I usually just stop, finish the
conversation and answer, then start over from the beginning of the sequence
just to make sure I didn't miss anything. I have noticed recently that a
few of the people I fly/compete with will actually tell someone to 'wait a
minute' while they are finishing putting their plane together, then talk or
answer questions.</DIV>
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<DIV>Keith, your comment on letting the neck strap dangle around the engine is
right on. I just cringe when I see someone doing that. </DIV>
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<DIV>Don</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 8/22/2009 1:57:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
tkeithblack@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>Mark, that's a bummer, but as I was reading I was fearing you were
going to say you reached out to grab it and got something cut off. I've
heard of this happening numerous times, even on this list. I'm so glad that
neither you nor anyone else got hurt.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regarding the strap hooked to the TX, I did this when I was new to the
hobby and one time doing the same as you had a plane with an OS 72FS
charge straight at me at full throttle while I was on my knees in front of
it after starting it. Remarkably I was able to reach over the spinning prop
and catch the plane by the fuse before it hit me. I vowed right then and
there I would never leave the strap on the TX again.</DIV>
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<DIV>The other thing that I find scary is when people start their planes
with the strap hanging down from their neck. That's a perfect opportunity
for the strap to get caught by the prop and yank the running motor and
pilots neck/face together.</DIV>
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<DIV>Glad you weren't hurt, sorry about the damage to the plane.</DIV>
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<DIV>Keith Black<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Atwood, Mark <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A title=mailto:atwoodm@paragon-inc.com
href="mailto:atwoodm@paragon-inc.com">atwoodm@paragon-inc.com</A>></SPAN>
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<P>Hey All,</P>
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<P>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. </P>
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<P>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.</P>
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<P>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.</P>
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<P>Mark</P></FONT>
<P>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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