That's weird... I had a "friend" who was planning a huge RC park in DFW and then ended up with a string of "illnesses"... right after he screwed/weaseled/cheated several people out of money and in one case, an entire hobby shop.

Originally Posted by mndbndr3d

Here is the link to the add. Can anyone confirm?

https://www.flyinggiants.com/swapsho...?product=29389

That ad is gone already. I doubt anyone has got a 14mz that quickly...

OUCH!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.flyinggiants.com/swapsho...?product=29394

Taken by an iPhone 4 on December 12th. Looks legit to me, guess he really is injured.

Going from having all the money to do this, including hiring 5 to 6 people with great knowledge of the hobby and paying them very good salaries, to losing his job and having to sell an airplane to support his family? Where did all the money go that was going to pay for the project and the employee salaries? Why not sell the land to support the family? Looks like motocross tracks to me in the pictures a few pages back, plenty of them in Florida, I used to spend my winters there training and practicing for upcoming motocross seasons. The picture of the hand looks bad. We have a hand surgeon amongst us it would be nice to see what he thinks from the looks of the hand. His thumb is still attached and looks untouched, don't see why he would be out of the hobby. If I lost my whole hand, I would be figuring out how to fly with the stub.

I tore the unal collateral (nerve ) along with practically tearing my thumb clear off my hand when I raced Motorcycles yet I can still use a radio.... Hell, after my first cast and opreation I was riding three days later so I highly doubt an injury would stop a project like this is it was ever a serious endeavor.... many pilots ( and even motocross racers ) have had serious injuries and keep on going....

Kinda looks like some 3rd degree burns... curious.

He must have stuck his hand in the prop while it was running, hard to beleive that's just from a kick back, looks like a couple hit's between the tips of the fingers to the top of the hand, looks like it hurts like hell too. I wondered about it looking like a burn too, but I guess it could look that way from the trauma to the hand? Regardless, if this is really him I wish him the best for a good recovery. It's just ashame, I wish this guys validity could be proven, so many seem unsure about him, including myself, someone from Florida must know this guy....

Lee

Originally Posted by mxcop

Going from having all the money to do this, including hiring 5 to 6 people with great knowledge of the hobby and paying them very good salaries, to losing his job and having to sell an airplane to support his family? Where did all the money go that was going to pay for the project and the employee salaries? Why not sell the land to support the family? Looks like motocross tracks to me in the pictures a few pages back, plenty of them in Florida, I used to spend my winters there training and practicing for upcoming motocross seasons. The picture of the hand looks bad. We have a hand surgeon amongst us it would be nice to see what he thinks from the looks of the hand. His thumb is still attached and looks untouched, don't see why he would be out of the hobby. If I lost my whole hand, I would be figuring out how to fly with the stub.

I agree! I also saw a post he made not long ago indicating he was single and no family but yet here he is posting an add to sell all his stuff to support his kid? This guy is fishy.

He should sell his Farrari first - he could feed his family a lot longer with that cash then he could selling his 35%.

mciaglia is a hand surgeon, sure would like to here what he thinks about the picture of the hand.

there was a blog post that it happened when slowly moving a prop and it "kicked"
it was in a blog, but I cannot find it now.

I certainly hope this really didn't happen to him but here is one of his blog a where he claimed he was single/no kids and has a Farrari:

https://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/...=2#post1593797

Originally Posted by vincidileonardo

I have a430 scuderia r
But I'm single and no kids ,
When people at the field ask me how I can have such nice toys my answer is : I have no kids lol

that needs to be kept

I live in Sarasota and he did hurt his hand. As for the other stuff ?????????????????????????????