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Old 03-12-2009 | 03:09 AM
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Default RE: Most idiotic thing you have done

1. repaired a friend's T-28 for him and forgot to tighten the wing bolt when I tested it. Flew fine until I inverted it. The wing floated back to Earth very calmly, had to buy him a new fuse and prop.

2. decided to fly my parkzone J-3 in a 25mph wind. Hand launched it, flew straight into wind for about a minute and turned right. Plane left the area about 60mph and 200 feet high. Found it 2 hours later, 1/2 mile away, 60 feet high in a Sweet Gum tree.

3. Talking to some one while I filled my Avistar with fuel and forgot to point the vent tube down into my fuel jug. Yep, face full of fuel is not fun, doesn't taste good either.

4. Chased a skunk at work one night with my Super Cub. Had to put it in a garbage bag to get it home. Three weeks hanging in the barn, can of Lysol, can of hairspray, bottle of Old Spice, and a bottle of Frebreeze before I could fly it again. Probably should have put this one as number one.

5. Charging two field batteries with my automotive battery charger on 2amp setting. Charged one and moved leads to the other battery, didn't realize it was facing opposite direction until the smoke started rolling. Lucky it didn't explode, but it did ruin the battery.

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