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What I did with the weed whacker last summer

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Tim

Jan 1, 1970
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Thats pretty cool. If I had some cash to burn I'd look into building one.

Mike
Hey, just wait until the guy decapitates himself and buy it from his
widow. Did ya notice how often he walked underneath it with his head
soooo close to the blades?

- Tim -
 
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jakdedert

Jan 1, 1970
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Tim said:
Hey, just wait until the guy decapitates himself and buy it from his
widow. Did ya notice how often he walked underneath it with his head
soooo close to the blades?

- Tim -
He built it...I assume. I imagine the noise and the wind are a pretty
good reminder that there's five or six feet of whirring death above his
head. People seldom walk into aircraft propellers (although it does
happen). Those are nearly invisible when turning, and right in front
(or behind, or beside) of you. No amount of ducking will avoid most of
them.

I also noticed that he wore his helmet when anywhere near the contraption.

I tried to google the thing to get more info, but could only come up
with the same video. I wonder how powerful is the engine; rotor length
and material. It looks a very simple machine; but the gearing to make
the contra-rotating rotors must add considerable complexity.

jak
 
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John Tserkezis

Jan 1, 1970
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jakdedert said:
I also noticed that he wore his helmet when anywhere near the contraption.

The only difference there is, that instead of cleaning up flesh, bone and
brains from the grass, you're cleaning up flesh, bone, brains AND splintered
fibreglass from the grass.
 
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Michael Kennedy

Jan 1, 1970
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John Tserkezis said:
The only difference there is, that instead of cleaning up flesh, bone and
brains from the grass, you're cleaning up flesh, bone, brains AND
splintered fibreglass from the grass.
--

Yeah, I'd wear a kevlar or steel army helmate if I were under that thing.

Mike
 
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(PeteCresswell)

Jan 1, 1970
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Per John Tserkezis:
The only difference there is, that instead of cleaning up flesh, bone and
brains from the grass, you're cleaning up flesh, bone, brains AND splintered
fibreglass from the grass.

My brother watched a ROK captain walk into the blades if an
idling huey that was parked on a slope. Dunno if he was wearing
a steel or FG helmet, but the guy was definitely dead.
 
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Arfa Daily

Jan 1, 1970
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(PeteCresswell) said:
Per John Tserkezis:

My brother watched a ROK captain walk into the blades if an
idling huey that was parked on a slope. Dunno if he was wearing
a steel or FG helmet, but the guy was definitely dead.

A couple of years back at an airfield near me, a guy landed his Robbo and
climbed out. His little girl came running up to him, and without thinking,
he grabbed her and threw her in the air, as you do. Running-down rotor had
her head right off. How nasty would that be to live with the rest of your
life ...

Arfa
 
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William Sommerwerck

Jan 1, 1970
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A couple of years back at an airfield near me, a guy landed his
Robbo and climbed out. His little girl came running up to him,
and without thinking, he grabbed her and threw her in the air,
as you do. Running-down rotor had her head right off. How nasty
would that be to live with the rest of your life ...

Forgive me, but that sounds an urban legend.
 
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Arfa Daily

Jan 1, 1970
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William Sommerwerck said:
Forgive me, but that sounds an urban legend.

Trust me, I read it in my local rag. The airfield in question is in my
county ...

Arfa
 
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Arfa Daily

Jan 1, 1970
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Arfa Daily said:
Trust me, I read it in my local rag. The airfield in question is in my
county ...

Arfa
Although you've got me thinking now ... I just had a look at the local
paper's archive for the last few years, and couldn't find anything. But I
have this very clear memory of reading it, and also of thinking at the time
how weird it was that something like this, which sounded like pure urban
legend, had actually happened right on my doorstep. I have a friend who
flies Robbos and Jet - Rs, and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of air
accidents. I'll give him a call tomorrow and see if he remembers it. In the
meantime, just assume that I'm wrong !!

Arfa
 
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William Sommerwerck

Jan 1, 1970
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Although you've got me thinking now... I just had a look at the local
paper's archive for the last few years, and couldn't find anything. But
I have this very clear memory of reading it, and also of thinking at the
time how weird it was that something like this, which sounded like
pure urban legend, had actually happened right on my doorstep.
I have a friend who flies Robbos and Jet - Rs, and has an
encyclopaedic knowledge of air accidents.

I'll give him a call tomorrow and see if he remembers it. In the
meantime, just assume that I'm wrong !!

Well, you might very well be right. Let us know what you find out.

Some years ago I discovered that some things I thought were true, or had
happened, were actually dreams.

For example, I remember reading some philosopher's statement that "All
systems fail by excess of their principle." Yet I've never been able to
locate it. I apparently dreamed it.

If this is true (and I think it is), this type of dream-becomes-reality is
probably common. I don't know if psychologists are aware of it, or if any
studies have been done, but it would explain a lot of things -- such as
alien abductions, etc.
 
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William Sommerwerck

Jan 1, 1970
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PS: The Mythbusters demonstrated that a person cannot be decapitated by a
ceiling fan. However, a chopper blade is not a ceiling fan.
 
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GregS

Jan 1, 1970
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Propellars, rotary wings, jet engines, you always have to stay highly
alert at all times.
cuhulin


When I was in the Army at McGregor Range, I saw a car that had its top cut
off. There were some officers in that car, and parts of bodies left when I saw
it. It got hit with a train or truck but I forget the details.

greg
 
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Claude

Jan 1, 1970
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Propellars, rotary wings, jet engines, you always have to stay highly
alert at all times.
cuhulin

Propellers, rotary wings, jet engines and mothers in law!
 
When I was in Vietnam in 1964, my eight years older brother was a
Helicopter Mechanic at Vung Tau.I remember he once said those Huey
Helicopter jet engines put out about 1,750 horsepower.I was always
extremly alert about all kinds of Aircraft.
cuhulin
 
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