3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on April 28, 2012 at 6:55pm

YIKES!!! I'm glad you warned me about that picture; I only wish I had taken the warning. That's horrifying. Thank god it was just your pinkie--that could have been so much worse if it had hit your eye.

Comment by Dave Wicks on April 28, 2012 at 9:05pm

Yikes! That looks painful!

Comment by Maxime Carrier on April 28, 2012 at 9:21pm

Two 1.5 inch scar on the right arm for me followed by 3h waiting at the hospital (+1:30 road), hopefully I was at 6 feet away and the motor become disconnected after it flown (it was badly fixed). It could have been worst.

Comment by james sowell on April 28, 2012 at 10:20pm

that sucks but maybe you showing that will make someone stop take the time to take them off, on the bright side  your thumbs are ok ; )

Comment by ionut on April 28, 2012 at 10:41pm

Maybe the guys who make the propellers for quads also should provide a motor guard for each propeller made of plastic(3 crosses from motor mount).Or the propeller should have a continous band around it.

Comment by Jack Crossfire on April 29, 2012 at 12:57am

Or at least treat any motor propeller as if it could spin up at any moment, when the battery is connected.  People aren't going to remove their propellers for every software change.  In the electric age, there are an awful lot of hand injuries from propellers.  I don't think the gas age had many injuries, since gas was finicky to start.

Moderator Comment by Gary Mortimer on April 29, 2012 at 1:10am

Jack has it right, just like the real thing always treat a prop as live. Lots of standard RC knowledge has never been learnt in this community.

I am a fine one to talk though I have plenty of scars!

Developer Comment by R_Lefebvre on April 29, 2012 at 5:28am

Been there, done that, got the scars.  I can still remember the throbbing pain.

Maybe 3DR should start selling these:

My opinion, every quad should have a separate motor power and APM power batteries.

Yes, gas engines were safer, because they couldn't start unless you started them.  Typically injuries only happened while starting them.  That's when I did both of mine.

Comment by Anish on April 29, 2012 at 6:46am

looks like a very good plan :) protective gloves :)

3D Robotics Comment by Alan Sanchez on April 29, 2012 at 9:13am

Oh man sorry to hear that. That's exactly what 4 of my fingers looked like when I had my accident. 52 stitches for me :(  .  You'll be fine though, your finger might feel numb for a while, (mine still do and its been almost a year) but they will go back to normal looking in about a month. Hope you heal fast, first few weeks are pretty annoying. Some tips that come to mind:

* dont use gauze when you wrap your fingers, it hurts like hell to take it off string by string every night.

* make sure your skin doesnt grow over your stitches, that hurts too in the end.

* vicodin and a netflix account are bomb.

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