Severely cut arm in Camarillo
07-09-2003, 10:26 PM
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Does any one know what happened to the individual that severely cut his arm the last week here in S. Cal? All we had in the local paper was that he was in critical condition in the hospital in Camarillo California. I was concerned and curious about exactly what had taken place..Dan
07-10-2003, 05:06 PM
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Yes, thank you very much for the link. I had heard that he had passed away from the loss of blood. I also was wondering about the size of the airplane that was involved. I certainly hope that the rumour was incorrect...Dan
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At a Scalemasters Qualifyer a few years ago I watched a guy from our club lay his arm open with the prop on his 1/3rd scale Sopwith Pup.
He and his caller always "walked" the running plane across the asphalt runway in order to do a scale take off then landing on the grass. Walking the plane involved each of them holding one wingtip while the engine pulled the plane.
Well, after his flight they were walking back across the runway. His caller had stoped to pick something up, releasing the wing. A couple of seconds later the Tx slipped in Tom's hand kicking it to full throttle. The plane started to rotate around the wingtip Tom was holding, he reached down to stop the plane and the prop opened up his forearm.
Now, he was running a Zenoah G-62, so what's the prop on one of those, 22 X 10 or something? Anyway, to make a long story short, they put in 60 something internal stitches an 34 (?) external ones. The doctors said he was incredibly lucky that no major arteries were severed! (You could have fooled me judging by the blood, but....)
He still flys the large WWI stuff, but kills the engine before bringing it back across the runway.
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He and his caller always "walked" the running plane across the asphalt runway in order to do a scale take off then landing on the grass. Walking the plane involved each of them holding one wingtip while the engine pulled the plane.
Well, after his flight they were walking back across the runway. His caller had stoped to pick something up, releasing the wing. A couple of seconds later the Tx slipped in Tom's hand kicking it to full throttle. The plane started to rotate around the wingtip Tom was holding, he reached down to stop the plane and the prop opened up his forearm.
Now, he was running a Zenoah G-62, so what's the prop on one of those, 22 X 10 or something? Anyway, to make a long story short, they put in 60 something internal stitches an 34 (?) external ones. The doctors said he was incredibly lucky that no major arteries were severed! (You could have fooled me judging by the blood, but....)
He still flys the large WWI stuff, but kills the engine before bringing it back across the runway.
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Here's an update to that story.
http://www.insidevc.com/vcs/county_n...093742,00.html
I can't say for certain what happened, but heard he was starting it without tie downs, or anyone helping to hold it. The throttle was set at about 3/4 full. He was trying to hold it with one hand and it started turning on him.
http://www.insidevc.com/vcs/county_n...093742,00.html
I can't say for certain what happened, but heard he was starting it without tie downs, or anyone helping to hold it. The throttle was set at about 3/4 full. He was trying to hold it with one hand and it started turning on him.
