blood covered transmitters
11 years ago
General
Today I maidened the zagnutz, the plane that can carry my gopro. The first flight was a success in every aspect other than the fact that I couldn't get my hand out of the way of the prop fast enough. It cut through my finger and I didn't notice how deep it was until I looked down at the transmitter and realized that the left gimbal was dripping in blood (literally.) I found another guy in the club and got a bandaid after landing to stop the bleeding but the cut already started to slow down a bit. After that I managed to get some more flights in on the plane and I have to say that it's easily one of my favorite planes now. The fact that it gave me a really nasty cut hasn't really made me want to hang it on the wall but I did learn a bit about a new way to launch it from the leading edge (front) of the wing so I don't have my hands anywhere near that spinning deathtrap. I flew it a good 400-600 feet up and caught some pretty neat photos and videos that probably will never make it to FA since they could be used to backtrack my location. Now I have to find a place to try night flying since my RC club can't fly after 9:00 by county rules.
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Glad you got a good flight regardless.