Originally posted by Erich_F
Great, some damn idiot nearly gets his arm cut off by a 22 inch prop (mine's 26), and that's the best you can offer?
What he do? Fall in it? This isn't the thread for Darwin Awards.
I wonder how many people lose digits and eyes from small, sport models every year? I received more cuts from a .40 sized Extra more than anything.
And JR, very pointed comments you made. Next time try to stick to the topic, rather than send ill-conceived attempts at insult. I'm as calm and collected as they come. I'm just laughing at all you chicken littles out there.
I think I'll throw myself up to my elbows into my Prop and see if I can make the local news, too.
Erich
Erich,
One of my students insistED on working on his running engine without the benefit of restraint. He got lucky and only got $200 worth of stitches in his knee. Now he is going to get the chance to unbecome on of my students when I lay the law down next time we go flying. He WILL do things I approve as safe or he will have to find another instructor. You see the choice in the matter is MINE. If you sneer at pilot certification, I will present this fellow to you as your next student as he has already burned out two prior to me. <g>
I am as frustrated as you are, but I also know that WE MUST find a workable solution or be squashed like fleas under the authority presented by the TSA, HSA, and FAA. If you question the authority those folks have and apply, go read the post by the guy who had the sheriff show up at his field ready to arrest him for flying his large scale model a few days after 9/11. Or look up the NOTAM that GROUNDED R/C planes within some distance of Salt Lake City this winter.
I very strongly suspect that we had better put together a plan or have one shoved down our throats. The question is NOT how certifications will slow the growth of the hobby, but will they SAVE the hobby.
Now if it was YOU in Lake Charles playing target, I understand your angst but do not apologize. The problem with folks that hover in the pattern is that they deny the rest of us crazies equal access to the air and runway. If complaints about that bother you, I might suggest something a bit less friendly than has already been seen.