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Category: Safety

Check your rubber bands

An incident was reported to the Committee this month about the total loss of a plane and potential damage to property when the plane landed out of bounds. Luckily no harm was done, other than to the plane, but a lesson might be learned. And that’s why we do incidence…

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Terry Gold 17/02/2021 14/11/2021President's Blog, Safety

Electric Safety Review

Earlier this week I had my new electric-powered Phoenix Scanner on the table getting it ready to fly for the first time. I almost had an incident that is worth reviewing here in hopes of saving someone else have having and incident or injury. But first, let’s review the basic…

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Terry Gold 20/01/2021 14/11/2021President's Blog, Safety Safety, Spektrum

Remove that prop

This prop may look like a toy but it can still bite! I had an experience a few weekends ago that reminded me again how important it is to remove the prop from an electric aeroplane before doing any work on it. If you have only ever flow electric models…

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Terry Gold 20/11/2020 14/11/2021President's Blog, Safety
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