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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Been there done that. But only once... so
far...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Pavlick<BR><A
href="http://www.idseng.com">http://www.idseng.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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<A title=vanputte@cox.net href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net">Ronald Van Putte</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=jaqfly@prodigy.net
href="mailto:jaqfly@prodigy.net">Jim Quinn</A> ; <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 22, 2009 5:50
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Stupid
accident</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>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.
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<DIV>Ron VP</DIV>
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<DIV>On Aug 22, 2009, at 4:44 PM, Jim Quinn wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV>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.
<BR> </DIV>Jim Quinn
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> "Atwood, Mark" <<A
href="mailto:atwoodm@paragon-inc.com">atwoodm@paragon-inc.com</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> General pattern discussion <<A
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Saturday, August 22, 2009 2:45:03
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
[NSRCA-discussion] Stupid accident<BR></FONT><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Hey All,</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>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 class=MsoNormal>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 class=MsoNormal>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 class=MsoNormal>Mark</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>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. </P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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