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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)

36% (93)

Yes and it was caused by a momentary lack of concentration and respect

59% (152)

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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Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/6/2004 2:00:26 PM

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Looking to get sampling of the percentage of modelers that have been injured by a prop. If you have been injured please explain how it happened and how the incident change your habits around a spinning prop. Even if you have not been injured but witnessed one that changed your habits please post.

With many of us anxiously waiting the arrival of spring and getting back to the flying field after a hiatus. I think this is a good time to remind modelers the dangers of a spinning prop. This will provide time to reflect on ones own actions around a prop and set up some good safe habits to start the flying season with.

Safe Flying!

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/6/2004 2:08:21 PM

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Wasn't paying attention and got a nasty injury that took months to cure.

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/6/2004 2:15:27 PM

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You should add another category for props thrown off 4C engines that backfired

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/6/2004 2:21:11 PM

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A momentary lapse of the brain. Ajusting teh engine, putting my arm around the prop.. but it wasen't enough of an arc.. bit twice in the arm.

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/6/2004 2:40:47 PM

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Man, who hasn't?

Everybody brain farts at one time or another, which then causes you to re-gain the respect, and to be more careful from that point on. It's almost like a kind of initiation to R/C....

Luckily, my incident wasn't too serious. (no stitches)

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/6/2004 3:00:01 PM

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I was about 18. Test running an engine (used and well broken in) on a new plane in preparation for test flight later in the day. I am left handed so I start the engine with my left hand, right hand holds the plane (come on... this was 20 years ago!) I always put the tx on my left so that I can adjust the throttle without taking my hand off the plane (it was a high winger). For some reason, I put the tx on my right this time. Started the engine, at idle. Reach around with my left hand and grabbed the wing. As I took my right hand off the wing to go to the tx, I ran the middle, ring and pinky fingers thru the prop. Sprayed blood all over the yellow wing. I managed to get the engine shut down and the radio turned off and get into the house. I held my hand in cold water in the tub while I kept my head as low as possible so as not to pass out. My parents came home shortly afterwards and I heard my mother shriek. Fortunately the cuts weren't so bad that I needed stitches but needless to say, I didn't fly it later that afternoon....

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/6/2004 3:19:48 PM

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I used to adjust the mixture on my little LMH 110 by clamping it down to a tall stand, and reach under the rotor arc with my left arm. I now have three nice curved scars just below the inside of my right elbo from the plastic rotor tips. No the little norvell didn't even notice that it was dragging on something.

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/6/2004 3:23:12 PM

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Not been hit yet, 24 years (knock on a wood prop not spinning of course)

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/6/2004 3:26:40 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: rajul
You should add another category for props thrown off 4C engines that backfired

I started out with that and others like hand starting and getting caught on the knuckles with a backfire. But when all was said and done I decided to minimize and keep it simple.

With a prop getting thrown off due to a 4C backfire and you got injured from it put it under equipment malfunction and post your experience.

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/6/2004 3:31:32 PM

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Yes, and no amount of change in the engine from a manufacturer would have changed it. It was purely my own fault. Stupid kid brain fart that shouldn't have happend but did. You have to watch what you are doing around these things. Get complacent, get bit! Simple as that and noone to blame.

There is the occasional 4 stroke prop pitch, but the question there is, why wasn't it double nutted?

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/6/2004 3:43:00 PM

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Flyboy you bring up a good point that most equipment failures are the result of mental lapse at sometime, but I still would like them separate from the simple got complacent and flesh met prop.

A hundred and twenty views on this thread so far and twenty six votes. Everybody falls into one catagory yes or no. Please help with the survey.

Thanks

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/6/2004 3:43:15 PM

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Spent 30 minutes trying get the K&B 61 started. (cold January day)
Tried various throttle settings.
Finally started at full throttle.
Acknowledged kudos from fellow pilots.
Promptly stuck my hand THROUGH THE PROP to remove the glow driver.
Forefinger remained attatched but blood and skin everywhere. Took a year to heal.

DO NOT BECOME DISTRACTED AROUND A SPINNING PROP!!

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/6/2004 4:22:35 PM

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I've been struck by a prop so many times I can't count that high.

Some may say, "what's wrong with this guy ?"but the question is
rather open and not confined to R/C.

Back in the 50's when I was in grade school, getting whacked by a TD .049 on
the front of a Sientific Super Stuntmaster was a regular event and I
considered it to be part of the hobby. As I moved up to Fox .15 on the Top Flight
Flight Streak I had to be more careful but on occasion would still get whacked.

In 1972 I broke into R/C and even though I got an electric starter I continued to
flip start and still do today with my 1.20 4 strokes and 1.60 2 strokes. I do however
wear a leather glove now.

I guess once you learn the proper technique ,it's not a problem. I haven't been hit
for some time now but it doesn't mean that it won't or can't happen. I will use the starter
in the winter only if the engine won't fire.

I'm not too concerned about the prop. I am very concerned around the Lathe, milling machine
table saw,band saw, etc,etc .............. Ya know ,the real important stuff !

Regards
Roby

(almost forgot.......yes I still have ALL my fingers and they still work fine)

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/6/2004 5:02:12 PM

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I personally haven't been bitten yet, still a newbie, but I have witnessed several. Two lately that I consider bad. The first sounded like a meat saw, 46FX, 12x4 APC prop, wide open throttle, split his pinkie on the top, four stitches were needed. The second was during a serious combat round, OS 15FP, MA 8x3 prop, and a brain fart resulted in a serious gash to the thumb. This guy gets a Wendy's napkin, some medium ca, and some tape, fixes his thumb, and only misses one round of combat!! I believe seeing somebody get into a prop is an effective way to keep the brain farts to a minimum(it is for me anyway!). Just my 1/50 of a dollar.

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/6/2004 5:05:22 PM

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I hate this subject,

because it all-way's reminds me that no matter how careful I am, chance's are if I stay in this hobby I'm gonna get hit with a prop...I have all-way's started my model's in the same way every time I go to the field...up and over...up and back...I don't even care how animated my procedure looks...I recently changed over to wood prop's...I know they can hurt you bad as well, but you can't tell me they are as bad as a composite prop...

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RE: Ever been injured by a spinning prop? Yes or No - 2/6/2004 6:04:36 PM

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I probably have the stupidest prop-bite story. I was working on a little electric plane (GP cub) and being my first plane with an electric speed control I wasn't quite sure about setting it up. So I had it sitting on the floor and was trying out the throttle. Turns out that when you first turn it on, you have to advance the throttle stick to full throttle and then return it to idle to initiate the ESC. OK, so I do that and then slowly advance the throttle and nothing is happening? I looked everything over and it looks correct. So I go to full throttle again and then to idle. Now I advance the throttle to full and still nothing happens, only this time I'm frustrated and quickly lower the throttle stick to idle and the motor springs to life and races toward me. Before I knew what happened the prop was chewing up my big toe. To clarify why my toe was the victim I'm in a wheelchair and didn't have my shoes on. Anyway, I got the motor stopped (and the bleeding) and figured out that the throttle channel was reversed and messed up the initialization process.

That was my last E-powered plane; those things are just too dangerous!

Ben

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