Pictures of injuries caused by RC Helicopters

[Jasmine2501]

Originally Posted by Eyeballmike

i was working on my trex 450 at my table reached for a ool ad accidently bumped the high idle switch.within the next two seconds i took a blade tip at full speed to the nipple.that was the last time i worked on it in the house.we now call that one the nipple ripper

Working on helis inside is not the mistake here. So, you haven't addressed the issue by going outside.

[jrwalte]

Originally Posted by Jasmine2501

Working on helis inside is not the mistake here. So, you haven't addressed the issue by going outside.

A couple issues.
1. No heli should reach full speed in 2 secs and more like 8+ with soft start.
2. Throttle hold should always be on if not at the fight line and about to take off.
3. Depending on bench work being performed, motor should be disconnected

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[al93535]

I've learned a few things here, thank you. I suppose its much more dangerous just getting into your car to get to the field, but wow, what an eye opener.

[Bassman12350]

Wow, what a great thread!

Being a relative noob to the hobby of RC helicopters, I nonetheless have a background as a pilot and know that rotating blades will maim or worse, kill, depending on, of course, size and rotating speed. And a poke in the eye by a prop from something as small as a Proto X quad can, in the least, scratch a cornea.

While the largest bird I have right now is a fixed pitch MJX F45, I am always conscious of the rotating blades of all of my helis. . . . .

Thanks again for the info!

[Kinens]

Bringing it in for a landing on a gusty day and lost control about 10 feet out. It went over my head and I ducked down at the last minute.

300 CFX

[matthewcornell]

Ouch! What heli?

Originally Posted by Kinens

Bringing it in for a landing on a gusty day and lost control about 10 feet out. It went over my head and I ducked down at the last minute.

[Tattoonick]

Flying around my living room and just got a little frisky with the sticks and dove my MCPXBL into my face. Thankfully it wasn't worse.

[SgtGarand]

Might as well add my recent mishap to this thread also.


https://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=647112

[Ron_R]

Yesterday, I got hit by my Blade 180 CFX. Lost orientation and panicked. Turn my back to it and flew it right into myself. Stupid and dangerous.

[Tattoonick]

Originally Posted by Ron_R

Yesterday, I got hit by my Blade 180 CFX. Lost orientation and panicked. Turn my back to it and flew it right into myself. Stupid and dangerous.

Ooo glad that wasn't worse!

[Ron_R]

Originally Posted by Tattoonick

Ooo glad that wasn't worse!

Thanks. I really did get lucky. Those small blades spinning at 4200 RPM can do some damage.

[rdlohr]

Originally Posted by Ron_R

Yesterday, I got hit by my Blade 180 CFX. Lost orientation and panicked. Turn my back to it and flew it right into myself. Stupid and dangerous.

Thats the nice thing about Micros! They bite but they don't mangle.
Rick

[M52 POWER!]

People have killed themselves when a 700 size hit them.

[Felix the cat]

Originally Posted by jrwalte

A couple issues.
1. No heli should reach full speed in 2 secs and more like 8+ with soft start.
2. Throttle hold should always be on if not at the fight line and about to take off.
3. Depending on bench work being performed, motor should be disconnected

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Super fast spool-ups have happened causing really nasty injuries:

1) You can have a normal / standard throttle curve starting at 0 with idle ups at flat 80's or 90's.

2) At the bench / field, wherever; with TH disengaged and collective stick at lowest position (0) the heli will not spool.

3) Accidentally flick / bump / miss-handle the IU switch and it WILL almost immediately spool up (from 0 to 80%) in a couple of seconds.

You could also have auto rotation bail-out on your ESC with flat-line governed throttle curves. Even with throttle hold on, if you forget to zero out the ESC; once you get out of throttle hold it WILL almost immediately spool-up to the last rpm range obtained before hitting TH.

In other words: no soft start in either case with very dangerous outcome.

[cajkat1073]

It only takes 30 seconds to take the main blades off. Unless you are setting pitch or have the motor unplugged you should get in the habit of working on it without the blades on. If you set up a lot of governors you will get in the habit of keeping the blades off. Everyone of my helis will spool up as soon as turn off throttle hold. Super soft initial spool up however so you grab the blade and hit throttle hold. My normal idol up 1 and 2 are all the same with different head speeds.

[rdlohr]

Apparently no one injured themselves in 2015. That's either great news or time to bump this thread.

Rick

[Jasmine2501]

Originally Posted by rdlohr

Apparently no one injured themselves in 2015. That's either great news or time to bump this thread.

Rick

With registration now in place, 2016 won't have any injuries either! All our problems are solved! Thank god for the FAA!

[AntDX316]

Originally Posted by ChasHeliCop

I was really not wanting to admit this, but here it goes. Was working on the Heli, thought I had already binded the Dx7, well, I guess not. And I didn't have the Throttle Hold on for some reason. Anyway, my radio started beeping, "low battery" signal, I looked over, saw the display, and reached over and flicked off the radio. Not a good thing to do. I soon discovered turning off the radio unleashed the "BEAST". I don't have pictures of my finger, because I could not hold the camera, bandage at the same time. The finger was much worse.

Usually, transmitters failsafe is what ever all the switch positions are during bind. You must have binded w/ maximum throttle.

[rdlohr]

Originally Posted by Jasmine2501

With registration now in place, 2016 won't have any injuries either! All our problems are solved! Thank god for the FAA!

Please don't pollute this long running thread with FAA garbage. There are plenty of venues for that already.
Rick

[Jasmine2501]

Jokes are no longer allowed on HeliFreak. Got it.