http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/09/05/2-hurt-in-remote-control-helicopter-accident-in-haverhill/
"Scott Proposki, the owner of Camera in the Sky, was testing out one of his aerial photography helicopters with his co-worker John Perry Tuesday afternoon when something went wrong.
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For some reason it took off, only three feet off the ground. It hit John. Immediately I reacted, went in there and reached for it and took it off John”
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Speaking of safety, check this out:
That's a 600 helicopter, and the pilot was standing right where the heli headed to. Luckily he was able to fall back into a doorway or he would have taken a direct hit.
Unreal.
That's why I treat these things with respect.
Oh, and the cause of the failure? Not a flight controller. It was a servo failure! Good old servos. The rear swash servo went hard down.
This demonstrates the folly of relying on a failsafe switch. Think you could hit it in time? Think it would actually stop what was happening? Nope. The blades take about 30 seconds to stop.
The only way to be safe, is to operate safely.
This whole news article is incredible stupid.
Is it news every time somebody cuts themselves with a kitchen knife? No. But since this is a drone...