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pepatrick · 12-24-2007, 05:46 PM

My first big plane was a GP Soucy Extra with a ZDZ 40 in it. It was swinging a nice 20" prop. Being an ID10T...I decided to start it on my own...at full throttle of course. The only reaction I could do was to reach around and grab the wings...prop just inches from my face and arms at full throttle...No one could hear me...but I was screaming like a fool...finally I inched my hand around to the ignition switch right by the leading edge of the wing and cut the igntion switch off. It scared the living you know what out of me...lesson learned...I will never start a big plane by my self...and I double check and tripple check throttle servos. This one was reversed..and could have screwed me up pretty bad...I look back on it now and laugh...never did tell my wife..she would have freaked out.

12-24-2007, 05:46 PM	#16
pepatrick Yak - Extra - Yak...yakity yak Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cumming, GA Age: 46 Posts: 2,216 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 2	Re: Smart Fly Optical Kill Switch My first big plane was a GP Soucy Extra with a ZDZ 40 in it. It was swinging a nice 20" prop. Being an ID10T...I decided to start it on my own...at full throttle of course. The only reaction I could do was to reach around and grab the wings...prop just inches from my face and arms at full throttle...No one could hear me...but I was screaming like a fool...finally I inched my hand around to the ignition switch right by the leading edge of the wing and cut the igntion switch off. It scared the living you know what out of me...lesson learned...I will never start a big plane by my self...and I double check and tripple check throttle servos. This one was reversed..and could have screwed me up pretty bad...I look back on it now and laugh...never did tell my wife..she would have freaked out.