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where is the hand injury thread - 7/31/2003 8:57:21 PM   
gr8johnson3



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Status: offline 		can anyone tell me which thread has the pic of the guy who injured his hand with the prop start? it was a pretty detailed pic.
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where is the hand injury thread - 8/1/2003 5:34:58 AM   
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where is the hand injury thread - 8/1/2003 7:07:36 AM   
Joe Ortiz



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Status: offline 		I know of an ugly one by Jim Ross, I think it's called "Quitting the Hobby", nasty one, big engine broke loose from the fuse and went after him, almost took his hand off.

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PLEASE BE CAREFUL ! ! ! - 8/1/2003 9:40:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi there R/C fans !


I strongly urge u to pay a lot of attention to the basic safety rules... because what's giving us so much pleasure may turn out to a nightmare, able to ruin one's life !

They are too many people out there who are really not cautious enough !

A basic advice : when starting your glow engine, please, please, use heavy duty protection gloves ! When I see these nake hands, i'm rather frightened ! And the eyes ? Did u think about them ? Where at least sun glasses, if no safety goggles are available ! I've already had fuel projections into my eyes when I was young, this is REALLY hAZARDOUS


I've heard about a guy whose aircaft engine propeller just came off at high rpm, it travelled 10 meters through the airfield and sliced an other aircraft fuselage ! ! ! Dont stay in front of reving engines !


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where is the hand injury thread - 8/1/2003 10:28:57 PM   
Jim C.



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Status: offline 		[URL=http://jimsrc.com/safety_page1.htm]Click here[/URL] he gave me permission to put it on my site if you really have to see it.
hey roger... what did you do that on?? an .049??!?!?! hahaha seriously tho.. that sucks.. i have many battle scars from master airscrew simitar props.. they are spinning razorblades :

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Horrible pix - 8/2/2003 12:01:14 AM   
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where is the hand injury thread - 8/2/2003 2:12:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by GraupnerFan
[URL=http://jimsrc.com/safety_page1.htm]Click here[/URL] he gave me permission to put it on my site if you really have to see it.
hey roger... what did you do that on?? an .049??!?!?! hahaha seriously tho.. that sucks.. i have many battle scars from master airscrew simitar props.. they are spinning razorblades : [/QUOTE]


Ouchie.Thats a pretty nasty pic.


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where is the hand injury thread - 8/2/2003 2:18:01 AM   
Joe Ortiz



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Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Is this the horrible picture of a half cut hand ?[/QUOTE]

Why do you want to see more , this is bad enough

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NOPE - 8/2/2003 2:38:51 AM   
Strykaas



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I even did not look at it, I cannot bear horrible pictures ...

These things stay too much time in ur mind.

I prefer being cautious.

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where is the hand injury thread - 8/2/2003 2:49:59 AM   
Joe Ortiz



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Status: offline 		[QUOTE]I prefer being cautious. [/QUOTE]

Yes, you can never be to cautious

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where is the hand injury thread - 8/2/2003 11:32:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, I can relate to this.

I'm usually pretty careful around a running engine. Never had I been bitten, until I had this tempermental engine.

After a lot of fiddling with it and no success, I asked some fellow club members for help. They were great and came right over.

After a couple minutes of tweaking, it still wasn't running very good. I was getting a little anxious and was starting to feel guilty about wasting these guys' time.

I was attempting to make a low speed idle adjustment with my right hand, and somehow, I still don't know how, the middle finger on my left hand got hit by the prop.

Did I mention one of the guys helping me was our club's safety officer? :

This was an OS .46SF with a sharp MA Schimtar prop on it. It left a nice little cut, not as bad as the above pic, or the guy who's engine attacked him, but it still bled like a ****. Luckily, some cold water, pressure and a little first aid had it stopped after a few minutes.

Only one drop of blood on got on my plane but I left it there for the rest of the day.

I guess why I'm telling you all this is to be extra careful when you have to step out of your normal routine. Normally, I kill the engine before adjusting the low end, or I adjust it VERY carefully. The extra commotion of two extra people working on the motor was all I needed to lose my normal caution and whack my finger.

So - always be careful. And when you have extra stuff going on like helpers, or visitors, etc. BE EXTRA CAREFUL!!!

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where is the hand injury thread - 8/2/2003 6:14:53 PM   
Strykaas



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Status: offline 		All this makes me feel ill, I had better try gliders, no harmful propeller... or Turbines ?

IMO, club experts DO NOT talk about caution enough, definitely !

May it one day be different !

Can U tell me why the hell thoses guys aren't wearing gloves ?

Skydude : with heavy duty garding gloves, you wouldn't have been hurt !!!! Geeeeeeez ... May God save their hands !

Take care, wear protection gloves again ! ! !

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Airplane Surgery - 8/5/2003 11:18:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		As you can see from the attached pics, props do a good job at opening up the fingers.

Rule #1, get a routine and stick to it.

This happened because a friend wanted to "Help" me start my plane.

My fault too, he goosed it when I went for the glow.

17 stitches and three weeks later, the docs had to cut it again to get the original internal stitches out.

They used the wrong ones.

BE CAREFUL.

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where is the hand injury thread - 8/5/2003 3:54:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		ouch!! that looks bad.. i try to do everthing from behind the prop now.. that way if you touch it you dont get ground beef or human if you will. a friend of mine that flies full scale said if you walk into a prop from behind itll just toss you back (bloodied and brusied obviously) but from the front..... well.. we all know about that one... ive stuck a few knuckles into the back of props without the loss of skin nor meat.. so ill keep behind thank you!!!

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where is the hand injury thread - 8/6/2003 2:25:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		ive never had a glow plane, but i accidentally bumped the throttle on my micro electric and the prop cut my toe pretty bad. i can only imagine a glow engine...

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