ORIGINAL: Gray Beard
Well, I squated down to work on an engine, the trip up from that squat was a lot faster going up then going down. Didn't even have time to make the normal old man noises. The meter on the stick no longer works either. It was a brand new battery I just bought yesterday, it seems to be OK and still working. In the pocket with the keys was also my lighter!!! It could have been a lot more ugly then just saying ouch............ouchouchouchouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, I just picked up myself off the floor where I was holding my belly with laughter
No offence meant Graybeard. I can understand your state. Since I dont have my own vehicle (yet), I usually carry all the tools that I need in my backpack. There is this large tupperware box in which I carry my adjustable wrench, small screw drivers, glow drivers, all the reject screws from my earlier airplanes etc. I had forseen this problem a long time back and retained the rubber caps that came with all my drivers and keep them on during transport. At the field I store any metal objects in my left pocket as the driver always ends up in the right. After seeing how I stored the drivers, my flying buddies also began to do the same thing. Had I not made this a practice, I would have had the same problems already.
ORIGINAL: opjose
- Never fly after thinking, "just one more flight, everything is fine."
I always say that but some others never listen
ORIGINAL: opjose
- Never say "now watch this!".
Ok, I did do that. Split-Sed from low, was out of practice that day. Luckily, the Reactor 46 was on high throws and I pulled level a couple of meters off the ground. Even my spectators missed a beat
ORIGINAL: opjose
- Never assume you can avoid restraining a small plane because the engine is so small.
My flying buddy did that, except he did that with a 120ax running a 18x6 prop. He was running his engine in his garage for finishing off the residual fuel and had his piano cross stand (that he used to assemble his model on the field) across the tail. After starting, as he got up he brushed the throttle and the airplane ran into him at WOT. Ended up in the hospital requiring a skin graft on the inside of his knee and was plastered up for a couple of weeks there. He had is engineering practicals only three days later, luckily his professors postphoned them for him. His airplane still bears his bloodmarks. Dont worry, I dont have pictures
Ameyam