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Old 10-21-2010 | 08:43 PM
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ORIGINAL: Tommygun

Hardly a new issue, this same type of incident dates back to the 1970's. I think this particular one is getting so much attention because A: there was video, and B: we have the internet to discuss it for 8 pages. Here are some accidents involving full scale/model collisions and also full scale accidents caused by avoiding model aircraft:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...17X03877&key=1

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...11X15807&key=1

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...08X06127&key=1

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=34096&key=0

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=42173&key=0

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=69222&key=0




I found this interesting- these five accidents were all the result of aerial searches for an RC model using a full scale aircraft gone wrong. They seem to be particularly deadly, as several have caused complete loss of aircraft and pilot/passengers. Flying low and slow near treetops is an unrecoverable scenario after entering a stall. Be careful if you ever attempt to use an airplane to find your downed model!


http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...13X30280&key=1

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...12X24058&key=1

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...12X24000&key=1

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...14X40816&key=1

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=34905&key=0
Someone figured it out!
Tinner, as for as learning something goes...if you have learned how to be more safe from all this hash... fine... IMO, judging by the posts here, I fell confident that you and the rest of us probably already have a good understanding how to maintain a fair margin of safety...and that was not learned here.

Yea, in hindsight we can all say we might have done something different when unintended consequences occur but that usually does little good...Funny but ironic I hope somehow we have learned that...but I doubt that too. So, we will probably keep on pecking away until things deteriorate even further...