I posted here just a week or so ago about these model airplanes and helicopters ( THESE ARE NOT TOYS ).Or something like that......

Anyone who has been flying for a while or who is around enough people who do will know of someone who has got on the wrong end of a prop.!!! These motors and propellers are serious business........Electric or gas....Think of these as a lawn mower....!! And this just relates to the spinning blades or props.........Not to mention what can happen in the hands of a new pilot,or a plane that has a malfunction and goes out of control flying (some of the bigger models ) at speeds of 40..50..60..70..or more miles per hour.

The guys who have been into this sport for a while should know better ( But a lot of us still do things that we know we should not do and at times can pay the price for doing so ).What i'm more concerned with is the new ( GUY or GAL ) who buys these models thinking they are just toys and has no idea until "after the fact" what damage they can do if not properly handled.

I'm still dumb-founded as to why a general warning on these forums can not be posted with a sticky that says "These models are not toys"

Mabe this is due to the advertisers not wanting this as it may scare off a potential buyer of one of their products? But myself i could not sell these models to anyone with out pointing out the fact that these models are not toys and can hurt you or others if not used and handled with respect for what they "are" and what they "can do" >agai i say ( THESE ARE NOT TOYS )

BIGMIG [:-]

I will also add this as a good "EXAMPLE". Now I have been flying planes and building them for a long time.Just got my first "ELECTRIC"
airplane and i'm new to these models and have a lot to learn about them.After puting the model togeather and testing out all control functions with out the propeller being installed...Decided to put the prop on and to see how much power and pull i would get out of this motor and prop (electric motors like i said is new to me ) We have a little table in the front of the kitchen (more like a counter attached to a wall...call it our snack area )and i placed it on this counter and i held on to the tail section and opened the throttle.........Well this prop is held on with a collet type adapter to the motor shaft.....Thought i had it tight enough.........Well i didn't and this prop flew off at (several thousand RPM Just guessing here as i don't know how fast it turns ) and it went bouncing off several different things and ended up in the middle of the kitchen floor ).....No damage to anything i could see..a little nick on the very tip of one blade (3 blade prop ) But mabe you can draw your own conclussions what could have happened if someone would have been in its path...........