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Main Discussion > Child Killed By RC Helicopter in Chinhae Korea

shuttlepilot
Elite Veteran
Location: Mullins, South Carolina

I'm guilty of that....with only myself that close to the heli.

Gas is Great
QWW Field Rep

01-12-2006 Over year old.

fritzthecat
Key Veteran
Location: New Orleans

Five meters (15ft) is a reasonable distance to start a heli off. Some pilots go to 10 meters others to 2. So I guess 5 meters is about average. It's the pilots that hover at arms reach that make me concerned. I certainly don't want blood squirting all over my nice jeans when I try to CA the fool back together.

Fritz

'Send Money, Women and Guns!'

01-12-2006 Over year old.

w.pasman
Elite Veteran
Location: Netherlands

Judging from that photo, at most club fields the risks are higher than where he flew...

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The last one I saw involved a chap who lost control of his Rappy 50 and crashed within two feet of a fellow flyer.

At my club the plank fliers frequently land/crash into the pits. That in spite of the regulations clearly stating that even flying at that side of the line is prohibited. One time they banged into the ground with a glider right into the pits, a 3 feet from where my heli was standing and I could just jump away in time... Another time a 4meter glider banged onto the frequency board.
They seem to think it's nothing to worry about, and even get annoyed if I say something about it.

In short, similar incidents are waiting to happen at most fields. Maybe it is only because we have a bit more survival chances than children that there are so few casualties on model flight airfields...

01-12-2006 Over year old.

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Sky 5
Heliman
Location: Simpsonville, SC

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So if radio control helicopters are not toys does that mean we have to stop "playing" with them?

01-13-2006 Over year old.

Rogue123
Key Veteran
Location: Phoenix AZ

No Just think, anything can go wrong. We had a death about 2yr ago in Texas at a AMA field. You know as pilot of what to do, also the the people around you should keep an eye out and ear out.

Sorry this happened, these are not toys.

Know the flight line, and know whats around you. Know your heli, if you think something is wrong fix it or dont fly it.
I always think of these thing as fly Lawnmowers.

01-13-2006 Over year old.

MWALKER
Heliman
Location: Vacaville, Ca.

you guys will have to excuse my ignorance. I am new to helis, been flying "planks" for a few years. Anyhow, I just purchaseds a Raptor 30 and was going to take it to the local high school football field to practice hovering. I work shift and the flying field is about 30 minutes from my house so it would be a great deal for me to make it on a weekend. Anyhow, it sounds like id be an "Idiot" for doing this. I didnt think it would be that bad if I made sure it was well after hours and no kids were near, that hover practice wouldnt be too bad but I dont want to bolster those stats about recent deaths/injuries related to our hobby. Also, I never really thought about what a safe distance to be from the heli while piloting it. Im not very familiar with meters as previously mentioned. How far would you guys recommend, and would it be okay to fly at the H.S.?

when low and inverted down is up /// up is expensive

01-13-2006 Over year old.

Clearance
Veteran
Location: Left Coast Canada

I would strongly state that you shouldn't fly at a school site. I have done so after getting permission from the school district and parks and rec. However, once the heli is going, it tends to draw spectators.
When I started, the local hobby shop owner helped setup my 60 size helis at the school yard. He sped up the head speed in a hover and the heli tossed a blade about 70 feet (heli destroyed). Thank goodness the blade went away from us and no one else was there!

I have been asked numerous times to do demos. No! Too dangerous!

Ken

01-13-2006 Over year old.

brooksnb
Key Veteran
Location: Sussex , New Brunswick , Canada

If you fly when the students are not there and use good judgement you should be just fine...however you should check with the school as well.

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Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.... Dennis

01-13-2006 Over year old.

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Havoc
Key Veteran
Location: Ky.

Plus you should have someone spot for you if you do. Kids will come out of nowhere. Adults can be as bad. I can go to a empty field in an industrial park and before I land there will be two or three cars pulled up right to my flight box and one guy tapping me on the shoulder and asking questions. I don't get mad or anything but its just something you need to expect.

01-13-2006 Over year old.

twinring
Key Veteran
Location: japan

about 3 months ago a child was killed here in Japan by his Grandfather flying his Hirobo with a roto pod. There were many questions about what the Ol guy was doing being an experienced pilot flying with his training gear. He was flying in a park. very tragic. very sad.

01-13-2006 Over year old.

mystical
Heliman
Location: Canada B.C

Its also with nitro truck every time i drive my Savage or Revo around in just a few minutes there dozens of kids and then they start jumping infront of it tryign to grab it or run beside it i nearly hit 4 kids going over 40mph with a 20pound nitro truck can do alot of damage and every time me and my friends run there will always be a crowd of people who apear out of the blue so its not just helis even though trucks arent as deadly.

[John. n] Power Mean's Nothing With Out Control...

01-14-2006 Over year old.

cosh
Senior Heliman
Location: Leeds

To be honest i find it ridiculas that this dude was able to fly so close next to a bunch of kids who can't move out of the way !

Even an electric heli could kill a child or anybody else for that matter.

maddness

We as pilots know and understand the risks we put ourselfs under. It's not fair to infrindge that on inercents.

! If it were your child you killed you wouldn't know what to do. Life wouldn't be worth living.

Saying that i fly in a tiny living room but i never have anybody else in the room but me.

01-14-2006 Over year old.

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TG540EDGE
Senior Heliman
Location: Texas

school yard

i fly at our school yard on weekends sometimes. i would however have someone with you to watch out for kids and goofey adults who think it would be cool to run out underneath your hovering heli!!!

01-15-2006 Over year old.

Hoverdown3K
Key Veteran
Location: Rochester, New York

just horrible.

-= I know there is Money in RC helicopters. I put it there=-

01-15-2006 Over year old.

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cosh
Senior Heliman
Location: Leeds

Anybody know what the laws are in regards to flying helis in public places ?
Is their a distinction between ic and electric ? i carn't imaging a t-rex doing the damage an ic can do!

IT's all madness it tell thee.

01-15-2006 Over year old.

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Leif
Elite Veteran
Location: Oxford, PA - USA

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i carn't imaging a t-rex doing the damage an ic can do!

Carbon blades going 2600RPM? YES it'll do some pretty nasty damage if you get hit at full power.

Laws against flying RC aircraft in public places will vary by country, county, town and municipality. In many places there aren't any laws specifically prohibiting it, but if there has been an "incident" a new law is usually quick to follow.

Leif

01-15-2006 Over year old.

MasterCrash
Senior Heliman
Location: Gassaway, Tennessee

BC Don

""""I've been in other "G8" countries where practises had they been done in the U.S. would have had a team of lawyers fighting to represent people at the "unsafe" conditions yet in those countries it was considered OK and not an issue. """

YA, look at the lack of Liability with the Euro France small car 500 races, dozens hurt every year, NO LAW SUITES, If you attend YOU accept the risk.

Not so in this country, but common sense? Where is that lately.

If you don't accept the risk that your child could possably get decappitated then maybe the toddlers need to stay at home?

I personally wish we wouldn't bring the whole Fam Damily , it makes me nervious.

Or any others that are scared of injury,
we all know these so called HIGH dollar radio recievers are built like shart, I had a two meter ham ticket for 10 years and I know what good radio craftsmanship is, and beleive me my Futaba 149 PCM is NOT it.
At anytime I am ready for my Heli to fag out on me and fly off, witch is why I SHOW-OFF my coaxle Blade CX to the university students and NOT the Helimax MX400 or the Raptor 50. Even the COAX Blade CX is kept at a distance. These are toys, DEADLY toys at that; But QC is set in TOY mode not NASA Space mode, so be concious of the anytime anywhere when you least expect it syndrome.
I took my Kenwood 2 meter Base station apart and compaired to the Futaba 9 CHP Pro I was shocked at the quality of the Kenwood hardware mounting compaired to the Futaba, and Futaba is a great radio by comparison.
The point is NOBODY makes these Helis/Radios safe and foolproof, it would cost 10,000 bucks to do that job safe, so much for the popularity of this hobby hey?
Remember your flying a deadly chainsaw with toy quality radio/servo controlls.

Scott
"""Diarrhea is Hereditary; It runs in your jeans"""

And I thought that I Would never CRASH!!!

08-08-2007 Over year old.

RobRoy
Key Veteran
Location: Huntsville, Alabama

Wow, you had to dig deep to resurect this post.

Ignorance is curable, stupidity is for life.

08-08-2007 Over year old.

MasterCrash
Senior Heliman
Location: Gassaway, Tennessee

B52Fixer

""""Your house is glass!! Think before you throw stones/speak.
Here you are condemning a guy for tring to something nice, albeit dangerous, Flying a demo flight for kids. If it's really that dangerous then hey lets outlaw funflys. There are crowds there too. And of all the people to cast judgment...
Mr. FOOshield I'm going to test fly my heli in the backyard!!!!
It's was a tragic accident. Yes there could have possibly been some more safeguards. But to sit here and bash him into oblivion does no good. Hopefully this will open many eyes in that country. I have a two-year old daughter myself and do not take her to the field do to the numerous unknowns.""""

I second this motion, it seems this guy had a safe distance and all, and sure I think some critisism is due but JAIL for murder? No Way.
We all have done a show off or two and drove home wondering "WHAT MADE ME DO THAT?" Fweew !! Better knock it off before.....

I don't know why they didn't put them behind the Baseball court with the regulatory Chicken wire fence between the BOX seats and the field. THAT would be a great way to demo. But I guess they did not have that?

Personally if security would work with me at POLICING the crowd Behind the fence witch is 40 feet tall and thicker then I need. I would demo belowe that altitude., but till then it's the BladeCX and thats all folks.

Scott

"""When I was a kid, I asked my Mother for a Bubble Bath, so she brought the water to a boil!"""

And I thought that I Would never CRASH!!!

08-08-2007 Over year old.

midwestpilot
Elite Veteran
Location: Crystal Lake, IL

who are you talking to?

Are you trying to pick a fight with someone who posted over a year ago.. dude.. you may have issues.. you are in a room with no one in it and yelling at the wall

In life there is no spacebar!

Rich Erikson AMA 6175

08-08-2007 Over year old.

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