Today is cosmonautics day. Few people remember what all these achievements are worth. Aviation and space often begin with a hobby.
Many of us are fond of aeromodelling, multicopters, rockets.
According to my articles, some readers built copters, however, they are often perceived as a toy.
It is said that the safety instructions are written in blood. Yesterday I entered my bloody page.
We assembled a hexacopter on an S800 frame with 15 "carbon propellers (800mm between the axes of the motors). They flew off perfectly, landed the copter, deactivated the flight controller (disarm), went off to turn off the power and flicked the controller switch before disconnecting the battery. ESC went wild, gave full gas, the copter jumped and hit right in the face, after the first strike I turned away and he still rode behind his back for a few seconds.
The result was a dissection of the brow at the bridge of the nose, a cut of the eyelid on the left eye, eye injury, a cut and a bruise on the lip, 1 large cut and 3 5 small abrasions through the jeans on the legs, one on the back, a large abrasion on the forehead (minor abrasions were noticed only on the next the day when they started to get sick).
We arrived at Ccliffe, put two stitches on the dissected bridge of the bridge of the nose, CT scan of the head - fortunately no hematomas and complications. The ophthalmologist said that I got off easily, prescribed two kinds of drops. The vision is almost restored, but due to the swelling of the eyelid, while the left eye sees a little through the eyelashes and I look as if through a veil.
So be very careful: the carbon propellers on the copter are a flying meat grinder. First of all, after landing and the flight controller's dizarma, turn off the power of the directional controller. Do not stand close, wear safety glasses and gloves. Do not neglect safety, our hobby is very dangerous!
On the video of the flight of the copter, who later attacked me, he behaved himself well before that and did not foretell anything.
Do not look that the copter is obedient, meanness can get out at any moment. Do not relax and fly near people.
Use protective equipment and be clear about what you are going to do and how it can turn around. I had a good idea, but as soon as I relaxed and skipped one optional step, the electronics glitch almost cost me an eye.