Re: [RCSE] Fatal accident from anchor stake.

2000-12-06 Thread Dave Johnson
At 11:48 AM -0700 12/6/00, Aerofoam wrote: >Another good habit is to hold the airplane out to your side. The most important habit, for me, is making sure I re-check that stake EVERY SINGLE TIME I retrieve the rubber, without exception. You usually have to walk right past it anyway... A long ti

Re: Re: [RCSE] Fatal accident from anchor stake.

2000-12-06 Thread Bill Harris
And last month at the Sod Farm we had the winch turnaround pop loose and head towards the winch. Fortunately, when the plane quit pulling, the pilot got off the pedal, but still, the turnaround was winin 40-50 feet of us. Could have been bad. --Bill On Wed, 6 Dec 2000 11:48:36 -0700 Aerofoa

Re: [RCSE] Fatal accident from anchor stake.

2000-12-06 Thread Aerofoam
Another good habit is to hold the airplane out to your side. Mark Mech [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.aerofoam.com > I remember an article in one of our Mags about bungee launching. The author > recommended attaching a chute to the stake to slow it down in the event of > it coming out of th

[RCSE] Fatal accident from anchor stake.

2000-12-06 Thread David J. Schat
I remember an article in one of our Mags about bungee launching. The author recommended attaching a chute to the stake to slow it down in the event of it coming out of the ground... Good advice, I'll now be taking it. -Spud Boy Even in a pile of manure, a flower will grow.