first prop bite!
 

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=1926316http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=1926317 reaching for a flathead screwdriver lost my balance !

Yikes!

What's the prognosis?

What size engine? Idle speed or what?

cut tendon fracture in knuckle had pin and screw put in yesterday in surgery.

Ouch! I feel your pain. I badly cut my thumb 12 years ago. Not quite that bad. I have fifteen stitches and nicked the end of the bone. Good luck to you.

at a high idle speed

Hope you recover quickly.

Thanks for posting the pic...
helps remind me to FOCUS on what I'm doing.

heal quick...

pop

been aweek since had the surgery flying again amazing what surgeons can do to get you back on your thumbs ;)

Hi izzy-israel-73
That is a horrible cut. We all seem to have to go thru the same pain and experience. I see people reach over the engine to remove the glow plug driver while the engine is running. I always walk around the plane and remove it from the back of the plane. Also, we have 7 Engine Starting Safety Stands at our field. That is a tremendous safety feature.

This is a good reminder for all that fly. Be careful what you are doing around spinning props. Hope you get better soon, Dave

Choreograph all your movements around the engine to a set routine that you never deviate from ahead of time.
Never be in a hurry to do anything.
Have a well rehearsed engine kill worked out and treat every engine like it will fire up at WOT every time.

Ouch. I did one similar when I was 16 but it cut my finger the other way, down the middle, straight through the nail and took the end of the bone off. Also had a few other lacerations to other fingers. That was at WOT though. Its a nasty reminder of what they can do to you.

You're not alone I got 3 fingers on my right hand back in 07. Mine was through the bone on 2 fingers.
heal quickly

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+1
good to hear it's healing well ! cheers, V.

could you please post a picture can show the boy's down my club ?

Yes I need to get myself a table or bench as I have a bad back...Never had so much trouble with this 55 ax !

Thanx Guy's , the wound is healing nicely movement in thumb and feeling so all is good so far...

If it doesn't kill you it just makes you stronger... ;)

V.

Yes you're right there I had everything arse about face not how I usually set up long story but I learnt the hard way !

Hi izzy-israel-73
I almost missed you request for more information. The plans for the Engine Starting Safety Stand we use can be downloaded free from our club web-side at www.wilsonrc.org/news.php. Click on Downloads and look for the name Engine Starting Safety Stand. I'll try to post a photo also. I just tried to post the photo but I cannot figure our how to do it with this new system. I hope someone will see this and help me with more information. I'm only 77 years old and still alive.

Hi again izzy-israel-73
I just remembered something else. Some people will resist using the Engine Starting Safety Stands since they never had a need for them before, and have always started the plane on the ground. I did that for years also. Ask them if they ever started a .60 engine while holding the plane on the ground with, one hand, and did not notice that the throttle was wide open? Sure this is stupid, but it has happened to me at least twice that I can remember. In my case, I had the plane on one of our Engine Starting Safety Stand. I built, paid for, and donated to our club, the first stand, after redesigning it.

G'day Villa, :)
yes I have seen a Utube video with a accident just as what said about ! We do have a set rule that all planes have to be pegged while starting them 2 pickets standing in front of you're leading edge of your wing!

Hi Villa check this out, sent from one of the guys off one of my other threads http://www.meroke.com/sbbuildinginstructions.htm

G'day Villa on my other thread, prop bite 1 week later there's a link from daveopam of a designee of a safty bench for rc need a few at our club would be great for guy's like me with a bad back!