RC Helicopters are not Toys

[Mslater]

Thank you - been trying to explain the dangers - the picture speaks a 1000 words.

[Paulice]

Just goes to show how much damage a heli can do! Poor guy.

[GravityKills]

One of the worst heli accidents I know of.
Looks bad, but he's still got both of his eyes.

Just as a reminder, in other activities "the worst accident I know of" can mean killing your family and yourself. So drive safely

[gorber]

Holy "Old Thread Resurrection" Batman!!!

Yeah, but well worth resurrecting.

It is a shame that link doesn't work anymore.

[Tripler]

I think we all need reminding how dangerous this sport is and can be from time to time,
That’s why the first thing I try impress on new pupils is what checks to do pre start and how to start a heli safely, plus the importance of having throttle hold setup on their TXs

Hate the thought of walking across the field heli in one hand, thumb holding the throttle down on the tx in the other
tripping over dropping the tx which jolts to full throttle and the blades happen to be level with your face as you try to stop your beloved heli hitting the ground
AHH my worst nightmare, you'd deff end up looking like him,,, thats if you survived.

[simon1]

I felt badly done too when I got a thwack on the knuckles from a little twister gold 400 size heli, but this is really nasty looking.

[cannonspaceball]

Newbie to this and New they where dangerous, but that says it all !!!

[Sqwidge]

Isnt this guy a member?

[ShinySideUp]

Isnt this guy a member?

That's the other bit that's missing from the photograph, his member! . These helis really ARE dangerous!

[dogbiscuit]

not making light of the situation, but i dont think he looked that great before the heli hit him!

[Nick B]

Not really good to make fun of this guys!

Make a great sticky thread this one,always there,always reminded

[ShinySideUp]

I didn't see this thread the first time around and would love to know how it happened (forewarned is forearmed) but the link doesn't work, does it still exist somewhere?

Martin
(Noob extraordinaire)

[heliboy]

That's real nasty,I have often thought of wearing safety glasses when flying helicopters i would hate something to spin off and blind me...

thought about this quite a few times now...

[Sqwidge]

In all fairness heli I don't think that safety glasses would help you if that can happen to your whole head.

[paul35]

That looks very nasty, looks like he was very lucky, was he flying to close or lose of control