Was going to maiden the skywalker, ah well
Thought I could hear obscenities late last night -damn Simon!
Ouch ! What happened (aside from the obvious prop making contact with fingers) ?
That's just a scratch mate, get back out there and start flying.
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Ouch right down the tips, must have hurt :(
Ouch, hope it heals soon! Had similar cuts a year or two ago. Not nice!
Ouch mate, hope you got down the hospital.
Been there a few years back with a v. similar injury. One of my fingers is now slightly thinner on one side.
Only done it once, enough to know not to do it again. Damn I bet that hurt.
Had the Skywalker ready to throw, not quite right in the hand, pulled my hand back a fraction into the prop, schoolboy error
Would have been fine on an 11 inch prop
OMG! I almost blew chunks! I`m no good with blood.
Hope you heal up quick fella :-X
Stingmungus :( hope you got a brave award from the nurse :)
Motherf*****
glad i got an antenna ordered when i did ;)
Seriously though, i feel your pain! I split the end of my finger (bone included) in a firewood splitter last year! Hope you have a fast recovery bud
Cheers guys
Off to Swansea hospital tomorrow morning to see the plastic surgeon, I've been told to expect the nails to go :yikes: :welsh:
Oh nice, that's going to suck for making antennas :(
Jees, good luck and all the best with that bud.
Hopefully the nails will grow back :D
Useful warning to us all here...
Quote from: Coyote on May 06, 2016, 10:21:22 PM
Oh nice, that's going to suck for making antennas :(
Nah, I got full movement in my other fingers mate, pretty confident tbh
Glad to hear it :)
Nasty one that Simon, bit of a throber. Put my fingers in to a prop of a glow motor ones, trying to tune it.
Hope it doesn't give you to much trouble bud.
Bleedin' eck!!
Did I see somewhere that you've ordered an FX61?
That'll put you off the old "hand" launch if so!
Hope they get you back together asap -good luck ;)
It might be inappropriate to ask but if I remember correctly you usually record on the ground?
Any vid of the action and language? :D
Quote from: Steve W on May 07, 2016, 01:54:50 AM
Any vid of the action and language? :D
You need help bro.......... Seriously ! :)
Oww..That's going to be sore for a while....I feel your pain Simon m8....When I was about 8 years old, I ran over my finger on my Roller Skates, that all but pulled off my finger nail...hurt like buggery for ages.....lesson learnt.
It also explains why I haven't started building my Skywalker X6, because like all wings, they are a bugger to hand launch...Looks like a launch ramp is warranted...so much safer, and an almost guaranteed smooth launch, even if you are on your own.
Hope it gets better soon m8...
:vulture:
Quote from: Coyote on May 07, 2016, 09:22:22 AM
You need help bro.......... Seriously ! :)
I'm all about the education :)
that's a nasty one Simon,ouchy.
I got bitten by my FX61 this week,fitted a new receiver and must have had the elevons reversed,instead of soaring away,it dived. And sliced my fingers on the way down.
I'm am archer as well,so don't think I'll be shooting for a bit :-\
I feel like this happens more than people like to admit... :laugh:
Quote from: Steve W on May 07, 2016, 01:54:50 AM
It might be inappropriate to ask but if I remember correctly you usually record on the ground?
Any vid of the action and language? :D
Nah mate, not today, gutted
In Swansea hospital plastic surgery now
Nails defo coming off,
Hope you get sorted bud and the pain is wearing off a bit.
Christ almighty. Hope you get better soon fella.
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Anyone hungry?
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I didn't know Gail from Coronation Street was an FPVer but it looks like she's done her finger in as well
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lol, still waiting for op, 7hrs and counting :(
Quote from: bignose13 on May 07, 2016, 05:47:10 PM
lol, still waiting for op, 7hrs and counting :(
hell i feel for you that is nasty :(
hope all goes well
dizzy
Oh bloody hell Simon. That must of really hurt. I caught a finger a glancing blow in a 40 size glow engine once and that hurt enough.
Hope it's better soon.
Best wishes, Mark
Thanks for all the words of support guys
Finally back from hospital
Total carnage as follows
Both nails gone, 30 small stitches and a piece of my bone left up the common the day it happened
Vid of fingers (caution, a bit gruesome)
http://youtu.be/QoEhMFF26w8 (http://youtu.be/QoEhMFF26w8)
So you left some finger behind, its not as if you would have known at the time.
Glad you got it fixed up though.
With a bit of finger missing your new nickname should be Nine and half :)
Quote from: Coyote on May 08, 2016, 10:10:35 AM
So you left some finger behind, its not as if you would have known at the time.
Glad you got it fixed up though.
With a bit of finger missing your new nickname should be Nine and half :)
I'm Welsh mate
Don't like giving anything away for nowt, so up there this morning looking for it :stretcher: :welsh:
Well on the plus side you will be able to hold the Skywalker the same way and the prop won't hit any more :D
Schoolboy error at your age? :D
I can imagine those few seconds after it happened, just before the pain hit you...... is it.... isn't it..... yup, here it comes...... HOLY F***
I drove a scalpel into the top of my leg (the whole blade disappeared) last weekend and there was blood everywhere. I ended up having a couple of stitches but I'd much prefer to re-live that, than have a prop go through my fingers.
Get well...... NOW
(why does everyone say "soon"? is it that they want you to suffer a bit longer?) :D
As thay sead on Jaws, I have that beet. Had a motor bike crash at 19, meany moons ago.
Looks pretty tame now but at the time one side of my foot had a split at 90 degrees, the tow was hanging by a sliver of skin, thay sowed it back on, with a pin holding it on, but it didn't take and got gangrene, I was sent home for Christmas, went out drinking and kicked it on a kerb, buckling the pin back with the tow. Every day when the dressing was changed, more of the tow came of, it was the living dead tow, black and smelly.
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....... as PK comes round slowly from passing out
Coyote is there any way I can block a post so it doesn't show up when I click 'Recent Unread Topics' ? ;D ;D
PK :)
I'm having a hip replacement in two weeks time.
Should I post a video?
;)
Quote from: Dillwhacker on May 08, 2016, 01:48:42 PM
I'm having a hip replacement in two weeks time.
Should I post a video?
;)
Hell yeah :D
One day, I'll post my bike accident videos - 135mph impact and I walked away..... and then I fell over and passed out when I realised I'd lost half the skin on my right arm.
Post the vids boys, great thread fair play :)
Here's the only footage of the accident (I was the one in front) which doesn't actually show me coming off. Apparently, the first words out of my mouth were "did you get it on video?" :D
I can't post the aftermath video - Youtube banned me when I posted it (back in 2007).
I might be able to take some video stills but I warn you, it's VERY graphic!
Lucky bastid :o
Did your wheel hit the painted lines or something?
I saw a rabbit..... I swerved to miss it..... the rabbit turned round and ran the way I was going so I banked it over and clipped the curb.
When the cameraman put the camera down, he was trying to get the rabbit off the road.
Hit it or miss it, I was destined to come off that day...... the rabbit wasn't touched.
Damage.....
The bike slid for 220yds, straight down the white line but I bounced for 110yds.
Broken hand (now pinned and plated), bruised liver, bruised kidneys, 2 broken ribs, the skin on my right arm was torn off where the zip on my leathers popped. I'd ripped the flexor tendons in 4 fingers and I had a very bruised pride.
The police said (when I was in hospital) "how fast were you going?" I said "60mph", he said "how come your speedo was jammed at 135mph then?"
I was very lucky that day because there were concrete pillars all along the edge of that road. I rebuilt the bike and sold it after I'd recovered (5 months later).
Quote from: Vortecks on May 08, 2016, 03:16:17 PM
I saw a rabbit..... I swerved to miss it..... the rabbit turned round and ran the way I was going so I banked it over and clipped the curb.
When the cameraman put the camera down, he was trying to get the rabbit off the road.
Hit it or miss it, I was destined to come off that day...... the rabbit wasn't touched.
Damage.....
The bike slid for 220yds, straight down the white line but I bounced for 110yds.
Broken hand (now pinned and plated), bruised liver, bruised kidneys, 2 broken ribs, the skin on my right arm was torn off where the zip on my leathers popped. I'd ripped the flexor tendons in 4 fingers and I had a very bruised pride.
The police said (when I was in hospital) "how fast were you going?" I said "60mph", he said "how come your speedo was jammed at 135mph then?"
I was very lucky that day because there were concrete pillars all along the edge of that road. I rebuilt the bike and sold it after I'd recovered (5 months later).
Lucky mate
I'd rather 4 wheels than 2 tbh, I was once passenger on a suzuhonda thingy doing 120mph, I had brown underpants getting off it, never again, good job the rabbit survived,
New pic for Steve W
I'll remove if it's too gruesome guys
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oh niiiice!
looks like the surgeons have done a good job there, that bandage stuff that doesn't stick is a amazing. Saves a lot of pain!
wow .. and i thought my job was dangerous lmao .... let's start swapping scars next ;D
Si, hope you're all healed soon :stretcher:
Ouch! It looks worse now that you can actually see the damage properly... barf!
Glad your in the mend.
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Wowzer, I'm with you Steve, looks horrific now! Hope it heals quickly though!
Cheers lads
That pic was actually Thursday just gone, the dressing they put on was great fair play, took about 5 mins of soaking in saline and then fell off
Still painful on the nail part though and it's amazing how many times you bang just the two fingers
I had a freaky think called a "Whitlow" years ago - the surgeon had to cut my nail off, but it grew again, and after 6 months it was just fine.
Never bothered me again.
It will be fine dude !
:D
Latest pics from yesterday's visit to local nurse
Much better now
Back in work Wednesday
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Looks like you've gotten lucky this time mate, glad it's healing well - hope the throbbing has calmed down a bit!!
You really should stop biting your nails :D
It's looking a hell of a lot better mate. I bet it's not half as painful now!
I think the Skywalker should come with one of these.....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231940329838 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231940329838)
Strong, stylish and won't look too bad when you go clubbing (I mean discotech, not smacking people over the head)
Sorry, gotta go..... the printer's arrived :D
Throbbing all but gone Steve :gotit:
Tony, hope there's a vid of the printer upcoming ??
If I wore the glove think the mrs would throw me out
They look mules better now mate.
Quote from: Coyote on May 21, 2016, 01:33:32 PM
They look mules better now mate.
Was that a deliberate typo? :D