Carbon fiber 1, human bone 0.. (pics)

[henrik04]

As I I'm getting used to the size of the 600 mm blades of the TT E-620, my E-325 became far less impressive. So much so that I started to be less careful. Sitting comfortably on a low chair, I was taking off on the third battery pack in a row with my mini titan on 4S. Heli was say a meter away on my 3 O'clock.
The heli strangely refused to lift off. At that point in time I should have spool down and check everything, I didn't.. Instead I push more and the RPM increased quite a bit. What I didn't realize is that one of the landing skids was stuck in the grass. Suddenly, like a rocket, the E-325 became airborne and I was too slow in applying right banking.
The edge of the very good SAB 320 cut through my hand muscle and hit the fifth metatarsal breaking it in the process. Probably due to the lake of concentration or my French swearing , I over corrected and couldn't land my bird, but it's trajectory and impact with the ground at high rpm did quite a lot of damage.
Realizing then that my Tx was cover with blood I went to the heli and disconnected the main battery and switch off the receiver.
This happened a week ago and I'm still writing with my left hand, right one being out of service for now.

So gals and guys, if you fly big birds and get used to the large rotor disks, don't forget that your 450 size heli can still be harmful.

Happy flying.

[EricW]

Wow, bad news...
And a lesson for all.
Had my (pretty painful) injuries with hand starting small Nitro driven propellers in the past, so i definitely know size doesn't matter in RC-land.. ;)

Hope your hand recovers fast.

[henrik04]

And how it looks like after processing..

[devious17]

Shit happens no matter what, Get well soon dude.

[crabfu]

wow, sorry to hear that henrik, but I am glad that it wasn't worse. Nice break there on the x-ray, I've broken that bone on my left hand in a mountain bike accident before, needing 13 stiches, but the bone wasn't broken as bad as yours.... man that's a good one!

I too fly in a grassy area, and since reading your post, I've been extremely careful when taking off on grass, double checking that the skids are not caught.... so thanks for adding that to my safety check list, could have easily done that myself .

Hope that you recover fast and able to get back into flying soon. Thanks for sharing and posting for everyone to see.

-Crabfu

[comeflywithme]

Its also worth watching out for the tail stab fin getting stuck in long grass. I've had a number of times (also with my MT) where the heli would lift off while the stab fin wouldnt let go of the grass - fortunately I always abort in that case and got away with it so far.

Hope your hand gets better soon!

[DebianDog]

Thanks for the reminder than little helis are still dangerous.

(moving to safety)

[DarkHeli]

Ouch....now THATS painful...I had a similar injury but replace heli with gas powered ice drill...:thumbdown:

After I realized what had happened I blacked out thereafter. The rush of adrenaline really numbs pain quite well...didn't even feel it.

[mewsikman]

Ouch thats gotta hurt, when I saw the X ray my hand went all weak....

Hope you feel better soon :)

[Nyther]

Wow, sorry for the injury to your hand. Get well soon my friend. Thanks for the wake up call to all of us how dangerous even a small heli can be. I never thought about the skids hooking into the grass.

Thanks,
Ken

[emag remrofni]

Aw man dude that sucks! Hope you get back in the air soon!

[Finless]

Wow! Man that had to hurt :(

Not as bad as a local guy here who did the same thing with a Trex600... Split his hand down the middle and chopped off his index finger... Same thing.. Hit himself with the 600 holding on to the TX. He has more metal in his hand than bones.

Bob

[human213]

well, I hope you realize now that was always too close, and not prudent.



You are most fortunate your cranium was not the carbon recipient.



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