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08-19-2008 | 01:22 PM

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Nathan King

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RE: Use a glove to handstart large engines!!

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ORIGINAL: SoCalSal

Hi... glad your injury is going to be fine.... now you know that these things we call toys can bite!!!! A little over a year ago I got my arm and a 32" prop. in contact with each other while the prop was spinning... End result was near loss of arm due to the cut and near loss of life due to blood loss ( 5 pints) and a $51,000 doctor bill and and still to this time a hand that is numb and some fingers that don't work right.

Please use extreme caution when around the spinning end of our toys.

Yeah, I knew what they could do, but that whole rush/stupidity thing happened. What the heck model were you flying that had a 32" prop? The largest I've ever owned was a 22 incher, and I thought that was big. [X(]

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