ORIGINAL: FHHuber
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I think the practice of hovering a .60 size heli close enough that observers are wondering WHEN he's going to hit his own radio antennae is a bigger safety issue than tail touches... You can build a rudder to handle being drug on the ground. Its hard to make a guy's neck hold up against a 2000 to 3000 rpm CF rotor.
Good point, though it conjures up a gruesomely graphic image, that is driven home by a recent incident in Tx. I don't fly helis, so I wouldn't pretend to know what is reasonable safety practice. Don't fly big IC-powered 3D models either, so I'd defer to guys that do and also are positioned to have some influence on safety rules, i.e., Don Lowe. I'd sure put a lot more weight on his input than some on the EC that have the voting power but no relevant experience, e.g. McNull.
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