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Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No
No I have never been injured by a prop (knock on wood)
  35% (93)
Yes and it was caused by a momentary lack of concentration and respect
  59% (157)
Yes from an equipment malfunction (IE: radio glitch, broken prop, etc)
  3% (8)
Yes and it was due to the actions of another modeler.
  1% (4)


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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/17/2004 2:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		i was trying to start my little o.s. on a cold day and the prop stopped in the middle of compression and then it kicked back and hit my finger, no cut just some pain and a blood blister. now i enjoy r/c cars. still go.t the plane but havent been able to get it started

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/17/2004 11:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		Not a prop story but certainly related to one of those brain fart moments. I was soldering a metal clevis to the control rod for my Extra. I was using a a bottled propane torch when my hand holding the solder wiggled just enough to cause the still hard solder end to hit the new soft solder on the clevis. This small movement caused the hot molten solder to splatter back at me getting on my shirt. Just before I started the job I removed my glasses and put on safety goggles. None went on the goggle or my face, but this is about as close as I would want to get to the stuff. Glad I had goggles on.


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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/19/2004 7:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		I answered no because I assume you were talking Serious stuff, I've been zapped pretty good by Electrics, and even some rubberband powered stuff... No blood I figure equates to a no...

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/19/2004 8:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		Sliced my ring finger on an APC prop that was on my Saito .72.......IT WASN'T RUNNING!

I had just bolted on the prop in the basement and was checking to see if it was tight. As I turned the prop nut with a ratchet, I was holding the prop in my other hand, I looked down and it was bleeding! Just the pressure from tightening the prop nut was enough to make a bloody mess.

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/19/2004 9:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		after 20 stitch's. 2 left fingers -over 20 stitch's- no foreshortening- I now REMEMBER, A ROUND, STUPID, NOT THRU !!!!

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RE: RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/20/2004 12:25 AM   
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Status: offline 		Came to close but never has happened to me. One flying buddy almost had his finger cut through.Didnt teach him anything though. He is a loner and the way he handles his profole fun flies when starting and tuning its no wonder, it will happen again.Thats why we set up at least 30 to 40 feet away from him. He is not a bad flier though just bad ground habits. I have cut my finger on a master airscrew glass prop forgot to sand the edges.

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RE: RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/20/2004 3:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		I got wacked about 1 1/2 years ago from a reflex reaction I started the plane and released it and it started to roll toward me and I put my hand down on top of the prop to stop it duh! the plane holder would have stopped it .But got 10 sticthes and nerve damage on the outside egde of my hand and can't feel anything in my pinky so now I make it A point to have sombody help me out.[image][/image]

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RE: RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/20/2004 12:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've been cut, whacked, bruised, split, everything but broken. I've lost enough blood from these little monsters, that I could have given myself transfusions.
The TWO worst were adjusting the NV on a buddy's S.T. 61 and I caught the BACK of my knuckle on the BACK of the prop, and starting (same engine, glad it was not mine) the prop stopped mid arc, and cut a slice out of my middle finger from the second knuckle to the tip, down to the bone. Got a doozy on the back of my right hand from....well I got lots!
I'll post pictures of my mangled hands if it will help anyone.

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 3/21/2004 4:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		Just got back from the emergency rm. Had an OS 160 w/18X6 prop slice up my little finger, take off my third finger at the knuckle and a nice chunk off my middle one. Ouch! BE CAREFUL.

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 3/21/2004 5:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		You need to add a catagory for multiple prop strikes in my case. Not with diesels, either (so far). I have a skin graft from one of them, and a couple of scars, too! All these resulted from adjusting the needle valve on glow two strokes from the side or from the front. I don't do that anymore, and I am obnoxious enough to say something to others when they do--but only once. After that, they are on their own. Dzl

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 3/21/2004 6:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		Funny to see this after last week. I have moved and now in a position in which I'm flying by myself and had a scare last week. I know I shouldn't be flying alone but thats the way it is. I was starting a Sig Wonder on a spool to support it and when it came to life it caught my shirt and wrapped itself into it cutting it about 30 times before dying. I didn't cut myself but it scared the heck out of me and now I'll never fly a hand launch like it again by myself. I just keep thinking what would of happend if it wopuld of got into my gut, even though it would of just caught belly fat.

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 3/21/2004 11:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		I also have had the "oops, I guess I can't reach through the prop" accident.

Now I am very fearful of that spinning bad boy, and I also teach my students to be fearful of it also.


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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 4/8/2004 6:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		Started in CL and have bashed the knuckles many times due to kick back. I only tried to adjust the needle by reaching through the prop once. I guess I'm a quick learner.

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 4/8/2004 8:25 AM   
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Status: offline 		On a twin engine plane always start the engine on the other side of the
plane first. I started the engine next to me first....then while starting the other
one, I stuck my left hand into the running one....BAM....goodbye left thumb
nail....(that smarted).

Luckily it was only a .40 size engine and it was idleing.

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 4/21/2004 11:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		This is mine, stuck finger in idling Super Tigre .40 because I was worried cheek piece might have broken away from firewall during deadstick into grass. 12 stitches but it's almost completely healed now.

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 4/21/2004 1:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		My girlfriend grabbed my Zinger 22x10 and popped me on the head for talking too much smack... Does that count?

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 4/21/2004 4:30 PM   
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My girlfriend grabbed my Zinger 22x10 and popped me on the head for talking too much smack... Does that count?



Thats too funny!!!!!

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 4/21/2004 11:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		sure done that, 28 stiches to left thumb and 1st finger. tried to adjust needle valve thru the screeming prop. my dr. (a buddie) just about fainted when I showed at his clinic and I had to take photos before he sewed me up. Photos were posted on our field bulletin for a long time. will try to find photos, some place in couple hundred floppies. lost some feeling and use to them -- fortunitly not the diddle finger. dick

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 5/12/2004 12:33 AM   
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Status: offline 		I've been flying many years, when last Friday I started my plane and moved behind her to adjust mixture screw. I reached with my right hand over the plane (screw on left side) and gave her a 1/4 turn rich. Pinky and ring finger started up, rotated right into Tower Hobbies .46.

Motor didn't shut off, and prop didn't break. I sliced a tendon, and needed skin graft on pinky. Ring finger just needed stitches...

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 5/12/2004 1:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		severity of injury varies widely... you can count a "paper cut" type nick from the TE of an APC prop as an injury

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Spinning prop... I have had little nicks from the little 0.049 Cox engines, trying to get my clumsy fingers onto the needle valve. Nothing worse than paper cut style from those... but when the glow fuel gets in them... OOOOooow! (the little cuts always seem to hurt worse than the bad ones why?)

Its the "not yet spinning" prop that bit me the deepest... choking an engine with glow attached and it "kicked" back slicing a finger open... then my jerking my hand out allowed the engine to start. (so its debateable... was it spinning? not till after I let go AFTER being cut. ) Just a few stitches...

I have since learned... you don't have the glow attached unless you want the engine to fire. I also learned to never fly alone again that day.

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 5/12/2004 6:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well at least not an old modeler eh? Thanks for bringing that childhood memory back! If you've been around props for long then you've been hit. My most recent smack was a G-62's 22" prop on kick back. I was glad I had my glove on. It felt just like I smashed my finger my a hammer. Luckily I just got a blood blister with that one but it woke me up and it won't happen again (I hope).

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 5/12/2004 6:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've been poped, sliced, ripped and injured by these prop things just about every way you can imagine. But the one that stands out and I will never forget was when part of the 28 X8 wood prop of a running engine came off during run-up and hit my thumb impeling itself about one inch before the bone stopped it. If I had been standing six inches over it would have gone in my stomach. I never stand next to any engine when the thing is running anylonger.

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 6/29/2004 7:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		Brain Farted and stuck my right hand through the spinning prop to adjust the high end setting. 39 Stitches in 3 fingers later, I learned a VALUABLE lesson!!!! Didn't loose any fingers , but after 1 1/2 years, I still have no feeling in the tip of my thumb or index finger.

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