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Title: One Knucklehead Britt
Post by: RC Storick on November 17, 2023, 01:30:31 PM: How not to do it!

https://www.youtube.com/live/WPhGBl5hmjY?si=YSsw92EAvnGwj2y7&t=745
This is my friend from England
Title: Re: One Knucklehead Britt
Post by: Steve Berry on November 17, 2023, 01:39:15 PM: Ouch! We've all had knucklehead moments (and I've got the scars to prove mine).

Steve

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Title: Re: One Knucklehead Britt
Post by: Jim Hoffman on November 17, 2023, 01:49:03 PM: At 24 minutes, he's bandaged himself, and appears to have chosen to not seek medical attention.

He then essentially repeats the test at full power except he uses one hand holding the fuse to restrain the model while still pointing the model at his belly. Any failure in a motor mount, wing mount, prop mount will inflict yet more injury. I could not watch further.

A Darwin Award candidate
Title: Re: One Knucklehead Britt
Post by: Brett Buck on November 17, 2023, 01:55:41 PM: Quote from: Jim Hoffman on November 17, 2023, 01:49:03 PM
At 24 minutes, he's bandaged himself, and appears to have chosen to not seek medical attention.

He then essentially repeats the test at full power except he uses one hand holding the fuse to restrain the model while still pointing the model at his belly. Any failure in a motor mount, wing mount, prop mount will inflict yet more injury. I could not watch further.

What do you mean, it's just an electric motor, not even a real engine, right? How could that possibly hurt you?

Darwin, indeed.

Brett
Title: Re: One Knucklehead Britt
Post by: Dan Berry on November 17, 2023, 01:58:31 PM: They don't sell Smart Water over there?
Title: Re: One Knucklehead Britt
Post by: EricV on November 17, 2023, 02:38:01 PM: Quote from: RC Storick on November 17, 2023, 01:30:31 PM
How not to do it!

https://www.youtube.com/live/WPhGBl5hmjY?si=YSsw92EAvnGwj2y7&t=745
This is my friend from England

Wow! That IS shocking... they use HALF SIZE shop towels??!!

Shrinkflation must be worse over there than I thought.
EricV
Title: Re: One Knucklehead Britt
Post by: Robert Whitley on November 17, 2023, 02:42:52 PM: He forgot to say”hold my beer and watch this!”
Title: Re: One Knucklehead Britt
Post by: Coop on November 17, 2023, 02:49:55 PM: Obviously a contender for the 'Darwin Awards ' not just limited to the UK open to any prospective members, its a long list LL~ mw~
Title: Re: One Knucklehead Britt
Post by: john e. holliday on November 17, 2023, 02:50:56 PM: Yes we all deserve a stupid tag every so often. Don't n ask Dave Trible about when I wanted to fly the B-25 the first time. Thanks, to him and some quad copter racers I made it to emergency room even though I felt no pain. They put everything in the wagon and locked it up. Dave took me to emergency room where the tech cleaned the area and put in 11 stitches. Less than two weeks later I was in surgery getting the tendon put back together then once it was good it therapy began. D>K
Title: Re: One Knucklehead Britt
Post by: wwwarbird on November 17, 2023, 06:43:52 PM: Looking at the model, he could probably sue Walmart. D>K
Title: Re: One Knucklehead Britt
Post by: Brett Buck on November 17, 2023, 08:49:56 PM: Quote from: wwwarbird on November 17, 2023, 06:43:52 PM
Looking at the model, he could probably sue Walmart. D>K

Interestingly, what is double nutty is that seems to be an Airfix plastic model, that is, polystyrene static display model.

Brett
Title: Re: One Knucklehead Britt
Post by: Dan McEntee on November 17, 2023, 09:58:39 PM: Uh huh!! yep, was definitely a Mosquito bite!! Finally found some one with a more cluttered work bench than mine!
Type at you later,
Dan McEntee
Title: Re: One Knucklehead Britt
Post by: Bruce Shipp on November 17, 2023, 10:16:51 PM: Quote from: Robert Whitley on November 17, 2023, 02:42:52 PM
He forgot to say”hold my beer and watch this!”

I believe the correct quote would be…

“Hold my Ale…”
Title: Re: One Knucklehead Britt
Post by: GERALD WIMMER on November 18, 2023, 02:24:24 AM: Hello That is painful to watch , should have run it up without the props or had a proper restraint harness attached to the model. Too many mangled fingers out there which I say after I put my thumb into a prop today but only a bruise for me today.

Regards Gerald
Title: Re: One Knucklehead Britt
Post by: Mark Legg on November 18, 2023, 05:43:46 AM: Ah yes, not the greatest advert for common sense.

Everything about this tells me he's a raw novice, we have lots of those in my local club here in England. You end up spending most of your time just saving them from themselves!
Title: Re: One Knucklehead Britt
Post by: Steve Dwyer on November 18, 2023, 07:26:10 AM: Yup for sure Mark...the poor bloke reminds me of Andy Capp. He should have listened to his misses last night after staying too long at the Rose and Crowne drinking far too many pints with Chalke. Last he heard before almost cleaving off a digit was her yelling down saying "get yerself out of that old shelter you cant even see straight, and you call yerself a modeler....hardly"