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heliraptor10
Senior Heliman
Location: kokomo, in-US

Nearly every activity we involve ourselves in has superstitions that develop along with it.

Even intelligent people succumb to superstition,
though they usually admit it is probably silly.

I developed one today,
I took a tool kit to the field with me,
thinking that if I had a minor accident I could fix and fly again.

I had a major accident complete with helicopter bending boom strike.

Though I know that the tools did nothing (though maybe the fact that I knew they were there comforted me into flying a little more bravely),

I will never be taking tools with me again.

07-01-2008 08:01 PM

Dilbeck
Key Veteran
Location: Springdale Arkansas

Any time i say "this is the last tank I'm going to fly today" and go ahead and fly another, something bad has happened.

If it doesn't fly sell it!

07-01-2008 08:07 PM

phattalon
Senior Heliman
Location: Muncie In

"one more flight" The worst thing you can say.

Jason Russell

07-01-2008 08:09 PM

Merlin1205
Heliman
Location: Winter haven FL

I have to have the writing on my neck strap always on the outside.
Helps me remember which side is left hehe J/K

Tim

07-01-2008 09:28 PM

RotorRage
Veteran
Location: Lake Charles, La.

Merlin, I can't stand it when my neck strap is not on right LOL. Another thing i do on the simulator is that i can never quit after a crash. I have to reset, takeoff, land in good working order then quit..

Team Flyanydamnthing

07-01-2008 09:37 PM

FBoss
Veteran
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

See my other post today! I swear, this was my last pass, I told myself that as I brought her around for another pass, then all of the sudden..........................

The good ole times are now ,000132

07-01-2008 09:38 PM

Dilbeck
Key Veteran
Location: Springdale Arkansas

See i told ya! Last pass , Last tank of fuel, Last this, last that and it will be your LAST flight for a while! The famous last words...

If it doesn't fly sell it!

07-01-2008 09:42 PM

RappyTappy
Elite Veteran
Location: Las Vegas, NV

Yep, on Friday I said I was going to fly one more time, will it really was my last flight on my machine and I'm still waiting on parts, lol

Chris
Xero G

Forever Brothers
Mickey Tylo

07-01-2008 09:45 PM

HOMEPAGE

jbiter
Veteran
Location: Orlando, FL

I hate being in the air when someone crashes. Crashes always seem to come in pairs.

Jeff

07-01-2008 11:25 PM

heliraptor10
Senior Heliman
Location: kokomo, in-US

Well,
I got back from today's 2nd flight.

Didn't take any tools,
and everything went fine.

Kinda wished I had though,
I (for some reason) adjusted the gain
before I left home,
and she was a tad wobbly.

07-02-2008 01:21 AM

tchavei
rrProfessor
Location: Portugal

I never carry trash bags (the only time I did I ended up needing it), I don't fly on Fridays 13th, I never think of the "last flight" and if something doesn't "feel" right its because it really isn't and I land. If the bird refuses to cooperate 3 times in a row, its over for me (for example, blown glow plug, forget to open tank venting and try to start the engine without a glow ignitor... its a sign from your heli telling you "I don't want to go up there. Pack me up"

In my short 3.5 year experience I have never and I mean never suffered a mechanical failure crash that didn't come with a warning. NEVER.

Unfortunately, most times you only realise what the signs were asfter you dig it in. When my brain sais something isn't right its because my subconscious has detected an imminent failure. It has never failed me and I do have my acccount of crashes.

Tony

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"Perfection and patience usually walk side by side..."

07-02-2008 01:29 AM

HOMEPAGE

Yug
rrProfessor
Location: UK. Herts

When I have my last flight of the day (and consciously think that), I am aware of the supersticious mumbojumbo that accompanies these thinkings. Anyhow, most of the time, the intended last flight is just that. I have, on occasion taken my 'last flight' heli home a bit mangled. The point is that if your number's up, then your number's up no matter what supersticians you subscribe to.

Vegetable rights and Peace

07-02-2008 01:38 AM

tchavei
rrProfessor
Location: Portugal

After you crash two times in a row, you'll change your mind. We all do.

Tony

--------------------
"Perfection and patience usually walk side by side..."

07-02-2008 01:39 AM

HOMEPAGE

jking
Senior Heliman
Location: artesia,new mexico

definitly never say last,and my wife knows not to say the c word.

07-02-2008 01:40 AM

tchavei
rrProfessor
Location: Portugal

well my wife found a nice way of making me NOT going to the field... sometimes she asks "are you thinking in crashing your heli today? Its because I need some grocerys and if you would leave earlier..."

PLEASE! Are you kidding me? THats just the thing a guy needs to hear when he's leaving the house... it made me throw my stuff back in my hobby room and go for a walk... TWICE

Did I marry the devil or what?

Tony

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"Perfection and patience usually walk side by side..."

07-02-2008 01:45 AM

HOMEPAGE

Yug
rrProfessor
Location: UK. Herts

Quote
After you crash two times in a row, you'll change your mind. We all do

not necessaliry; a couple of years ago at the end of the day, I put my ZeroG in, then my R50 but was determined to end on a high note whereupon my trusted R90 did it's job just fine. It was good not to pull out the Rex450 cos at the time, I didn't have my latest prescription glasses which would otherwise have made it hard to see. My latest glasses are amazing but haven't yet had the time to use them at the field. Damn work.
I can also think of other ways ones wife could persuede you to not go to the field

I wish

Vegetable rights and Peace

07-02-2008 01:55 AM

Zaneman007
Key Veteran
Location: Texas - USA

The "C" word,

and,

I try not to say, "...last flight...."

and,

two "C"s in a row, means it's time to pack it up.

and,

the first shirt that I ever had a "C" in.

I'd rather be flying

07-02-2008 02:04 AM

tchavei
rrProfessor
Location: Portugal

Yeah, she thought of it too

However, after some time when you notice that the ultimate purpose is for you not to go out and fly, it sort ruins the whole thing.

Tony

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"Perfection and patience usually walk side by side..."

07-02-2008 02:04 AM

HOMEPAGE

buburub
Senior Heliman
Location: Bayside, NY

You can't say "Last Flight"...you can't even think it! So when the though of "Last Flight" starts creeping into my head ...I try to think of something else that can take my mind off of it. What works for me is my dead grandpa. So the last flight of the day is always called the dead grandpa flight!

Bub

07-02-2008 04:58 AM

pariah
Senior Heliman
Location: West Valley City, UT - United States of America

Quote
Though I know that the tools did nothing (though maybe the fact that I knew they were there comforted me into flying a little more bravely), I will never be taking tools with me again.

I always bring my tools - because I like to be helpful to the other guys at the field.

Plus, it's when I don't bring my tools that I end up needing to use them.

--
Helicopters & Women: The last thing I want is one whose head has a few loose screws.

07-02-2008 06:11 AM

HOMEPAGE

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