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Location: Ankeny, IA, USA.
My Posts This: Topic Forum | I've burned myself numerous times, and of course stabbed/cut myself with numerous xactos, and glued my fingers together with CA. The worst injusry from a running heli was with a Lite Machines electric heli. I was hovering it in a confined area (this was probably 5 years ago, I think it was a glow one I converted), and flew it into my leg. Being an LMH, the heli was fine, but it cut my shin deeply, and bruised it very badly. I was limping for a week, and gained a new respect for helis.
I had flown for 5 or 6 years at that point, and thinking about some of the things I did before that, I was lucky I didn't kill myself. I still remember spooling up my first Shuttle Z in a tennis court before I could fly. I didn't know what I was doing, and if it had come at me, there's no way I could have gotten away. I now have a healthy fear of my RCs, and I'm glad I do when I see some of the things other people do with theirs. People give me crap about flying far away from myself, and starting my giant scale planes with a thick leather glove, but it keeps me safe.
Nick Crego
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