In our club starting a plane is always a two-person operation. Helper holds the plane, pilot fires it up and does all the stuff that pilots do (check the needle, wiggle the sticks etc). Helper carries plane to runway, pilot takes off. Admittedly there's still scope to stick hand in prop but the helper is holding the plane no matter what...

I too think the throttle lock is a great idea.

Am I the only one who wonders where Ken gets all these pictures from? You draw them up on the spot Ken?

Some I do. A lot of the base pictures I got from Minnflyer. When he moved up to a Community Moderator position he knew that he wasn't going to have as much time in the forums, so he let me download his base stock of RC diagrams and pictures. A lot of times I will use those as a base for a diagram that I'm working on. I aslo keep an eye out when I'm out on the web. If I see a picture that I may be able use later I will download it and hang on to it for later.

Ken

Don't click if you're squeamish and / or eating...

Picture is worth a thousand words... including a few expletives. Cut is 2.5 inches long.

Able to start walking somewhat normally today and flex my knee a little but staying off of it mostly. Hoping to have some kinda mobility to be able to go to the field and fly next week.

Food for safety thought.

somegeek

[:'(]

Not pretty.

But glad that you're ok. That's the most important thing out of this

Ken

Hans - It looks like the best therapy for you would be to do deep-knee-bends. I'd wait a little while, though.

Chuck.

I like the plywood platform that cups the main gear. I haven't built mine yet but after reading this post its lots higher on the list.
Glad your OK and lots of us learned from your XXXX Thanks Teacher

Somegeek-OUCH, that's gonna leave a mark! Does this mean more building time and less flying time? [sm=thumbup.gif]Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Thanks, yel914. Unfortunately I am a bit couch bound at the moment to keep my leg elevated. [:@] Sucks since my SSE is ready for final assembly, balancing and wing covering.

Today was a good day of flying! Sunny and warm. Spent about five hours at the strip today flying and hanging out. Think I got my plane up 7 times. One thing that was really cool was that the club added some ground restraints for general use which really worked well.

Looks like these pinned into the ground with the prongs sticking straight up to hold your horizontal stab.



Got a proper order down for firing up my plane while in the restraint and then getting it and the controller safely to the strip. One that is mentioned above and by some club members. Plane idle on ground on hook. Take Tx with throttle in idle position to strip. Set that down and then walk back and get the plane. Worked great today and zero chance of accidental throttle-up while moving the plane from the restraint to the strip.

Was awesome to get back and have a successful day of flying with lessons learned since my previous flying session. I busted my motor mount on my final landing but that is easily replaceable and nothing compared to just flying today.

Time to log some decent time on my LT-40 so I can get my SSE up soon.

somegeek

Somegeek - Will that scar will get in the way next time you shave your legs? [sm=bananahead.gif]

Oh man - I didn't think about that... shoot. [:@]

somegeek

Just an update...

My injury has finally healed up - only took 2.5 months. Sucks to have your leg incapacitated in the summer. My leg is still tight at times but I can flex my leg again fully. Nerves are still really sensitve to any kinda impact, bumping my knee into things reminds me damn quick.

Was discussing safety on another board and figured I'd bump this for food for safety thought. Safety FTW.

somegeek

Glad to here your healed up. Happy Landings
Ken

Good to see ya back in print. Now get back flying.

Hi all



I know it's digging an old thread up but this is one thats really worth reading.

Any ways, another solution to this problem is to always have two people starting a plane (this is club rule at my site)and so you have one person restraining the model and the other person controlling the throttle (tranny on the ground) and starting the engine (this is usaully the planes owner/pilot). Once the plane is running and checked out, the person restraining the model will then carry out the model to the flight line, with no risk of damage to the model or the pilot. We find this good at our site as it allows any neccecary preflight tuning/nose up tests easy and safe to carry out.
when planes get too big to carry (30cc upwards) comitee permition is then given to the pilot to then wheel his plane out to the runway and then start the model on the runway with the other person still restraining it, with this the model must be ready and quick to start having been tuned and tested in the pitts before hand


Just my chip but i think it's worth saying



Henley