"I 5 years ago, I almost lost a thumb on his right hand. Because my friend has touched the radio while I clutching the spinner prop...if it was a pinkie would be jumps away..and I make the dentist, would cost me the career for this.."
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Giuseppe Galullo commented on mquintilian's blog post Lesson learned: Always remove the propellers when testing!
Leigh Green commented on mquintilian's blog post Lesson learned: Always remove the propellers when testing!"Oh and needless to say Remote always grounded prior to approaching a live crafted - but never turn the remote off Children, unless you want your remote controlling neighbour to throw some errant signals your way and chop your fingers off for…"
Leigh Green commented on mquintilian's blog post Lesson learned: Always remove the propellers when testing!"I just love the Tags you put "PSA, blood, cut, prop, quadcopter" - but perhaps it should have been the other way round "PSA, Quadcopter, Prop, Cut, Blood"
I recall early on I used to walk up to a model, and before bending…"
Marcelo Ceccon commented on mquintilian's blog post Lesson learned: Always remove the propellers when testing!"We just don't stop seeing these accidents. My fear is that the exposure of these events will eventually drive regulatory measures from some over reacting public agency some place, which will eventually propagate to others. It is common…"
Tom Judkowiak commented on mquintilian's blog post Lesson learned: Always remove the propellers when testing!"what about strapping the prop to frame with velcro band while testing?
easier than taking it off each time..."
Giuseppe Galullo commented on mquintilian's blog post Lesson learned: Always remove the propellers when testing!"Melih Karakelle, can you give me a link where I can buy the Kevlar gloves that you have? are good?
I think to use them as a precaution during the launch of wing X8 FPV...
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Lloyd Breckenridge commented on mquintilian's blog post Lesson learned: Always remove the propellers when testing!"I had a near accident on the weekend.
Had done an auto land on my quad and after it landed I thought I switched it back to stabilize.
Forgot to disarm the motors however.
I went over and picked it up and turned it on it's side.
The props…"
Bradley J Carr commented on mquintilian's blog post Lesson learned: Always remove the propellers when testing!"Gas engines are not safe. I started my OS .91 and he actually spun backwards for just a split second and loosened the prop. Then it flew off when it started and hit me in the face. Now I always turn my head. Sorry to hear…"
DeveloperR_Lefebvre commented on mquintilian's blog post Lesson learned: Always remove the propellers when testing!
"@Alan, 20 years later, my fingers still don't have all the feeling back. It's my right index finger, and it's taken 3 bad injuries. Maybe it's too much. The other fingers I've done seem OK.
@Melih,…"
Bjørn Didriksen commented on mquintilian's blog post Lesson learned: Always remove the propellers when testing!"OK... I think I will tie the sucker down and use the 3DR telemetry kit... If it is to go insane, it will not end up under my roof, in my fingers, or any other places I do not want it to be :)
I actually think I have a pair of steel butchers gloves…"
Paul Pridday commented on mquintilian's blog post Lesson learned: Always remove the propellers when testing!"Something will likely burn up as it will not likely be a simple fix like shutting down the throttle. Still, better than having your fingers looking like the tomato in a ginsu knife ad.... "
Bjørn Didriksen commented on mquintilian's blog post Lesson learned: Always remove the propellers when testing!"I have just ordred a hexa, and I am new to quads.
Normal helis is no problem, you have a few seconds to react, but quads are quite more responsive...
The towel trick from Dave C sounds good. Will I burn the engines if I am not able to cut power…"
Rui Manuel Cravo Marques commented on mquintilian's blog post Lesson learned: Always remove the propellers when testing!"We all develop some prop bite "antidotes" :) the problem is when you are tunning things up and lift off for 2 minutes, then connect to pc, then lift off again, etc, doing quick tests with small changes, those moments are when you…"
Dave C commented on mquintilian's blog post Lesson learned: Always remove the propellers when testing!"@Rui Loosening the props was one of my tactics too, until I had an unexpected spin up, one prop hit full speed, then since it was loose flew off the motor shaft and hit me, not pretty.
Now i either take them off completely, or more regularly, have…"
Melih Karakelle commented on mquintilian's blog post Lesson learned: Always remove the propellers when testing!"I'm using these Kevlar gloves when i have to work close the propellers. I guess you can find them from some industrial equipment shops. Prices around 100$ and protects your health and pocket from very…"
ModeratorEllison Chan commented on mquintilian's blog post Lesson learned: Always remove the propellers when testing!
"Good thing I wasn't the one who approved this post. I probably would followed it to embedded the picture. I'm assuming it's not pretty, as I am not going to look. ;-)
I do a lot of flying indoors, so I wear protective…"
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- i enjoy robotics and i mainly use arduino and a enjoy flying planes
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Lesson learned: Always remove the propellers when testing!
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 6:00pm 30 Comments 4 Likes
Stupidly I left the props on while preparing a demo of one of my kk quads. The board malfunctioned while disarmed, props shattered and sliced most of the pad of my pinky finger right off. It took a trip to the hospital and 13 stitches to get it back on.
Finger 4 stitches in (Not for the faint of heart)…
Continue DIY Drones and Sparkfun AVC featured in Documentary.
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 5:30am 12 Comments 1 Like
Though quite brief the Canadian documentary " Remote Control War Zone" Showed clips of the Sparkfun autonomous vehicle competition and briefly interviewed Chris Anderson. The doc is very interesting to watch but I believed it to be exaggerated and put Amateur drones in a bad light as a evil technology that could be used by other countries for wars.
You can watch the doc online here:… Continue
You can watch the doc online here:… Continue
Quad-copter featured in upcoming video game
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 3:28pm 7 Comments 0 Likes
In a new video game called "Homefront" you will be able to use a quad-copter with the ability to shoot bullets and drop bombs in the multiplayer campaign. It is named the "RQ-11 Parrot" and looks uncannily like a Parrot AR drone mixed with a Draganfly X4. The game also includes a battery meter and speed… Continue Comment Wall
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