I found out.....

[BroncoSquid]

........What happens when you plug the motor into the wrong two holes of a Parkzone UM T-28, WITH THE BATTERY PLUGGED IN.
Ow! Ow! Ow! Nothing major, just a harsh reminder, unplug the battery when working on your plane.
Situation: Just put lights on the plane, was testing the lights, with the TX OFF, and decided to put the plane back together. I plugged the motor back into the wrong 2 holes of the RX and the motor and prop went full blast beating up my forearms. Just some sting and red marks. Glad it wasn't anything bigger.

[firemanbill]

Thanks for the reminder. You can never be too careful. Good thing it was one of the smaller ones and you were not injured.

[Fig]

I got a pretty good slice on my thumb and forefinger when I reached up to adjust my Corsair and accidentally hit the throttle on the remote with my arm. I almost flew the same model off the workbench the other day when I stood up reached over and did the same thing only I wasn't in front of it. Managed to chop the throttle and keep it from flying off the bench. Glad my fingers weren't in the way this time.

[xmech2k]

Ouch! Yeah, lucky it was a UM! Thanks for sharing. We all need a reminder now and then, I think.

Fig, I always try to give a thought to where I set my transmitter, and the planes orientation to me and others while it's 'hot'. Be careful out there!

[Fig]

I am usually very safe when it comes to props. Spent years running nitro and still have all my fingers. But in this particular case I was adjusting servos and moving the model around so I happened to have them both in close proximity. One move in the wrong direction and next thing I know I am bleeding. It whacked the bone pretty hard too. But that was a couple of years ago, and everything has healed up nicely. I just really try and maintain awareness. The other day it was actually a jacket that caught the throttle and I wasn't in front of the plane. While it still made me jump I had to laugh at the thought of the plane taking off indoors.

[firemanbill]

Tip...

Take a rubber band and put it over your antenna, take it down, under the TX and back up and onto your throttle. It will provide enough resistance to keep from accidentally bumping the throttle while you are working on them.

Tip 2...

If you are doing any thing more than a quick check and minor adjustments take the prop off. That way no matter what happens it'll just make enough noise to let you know you did something wrong.

[hayofstacks]

I take my prop off before connecting the battery if the plane is indoors now. I was setting up my mini ultra stick, when I bound it (without motor even hooked up) it was bound with the throttle setting a bit too high. After I got done setting everything up, and final check of cg, I accidentally shut off the transmitter forgetting the battery was still hooked up. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the plane start to roll off the table as I was getting up to walk away.

Without even thinking, I went to grab the plane by the prop, which bruised the tip of my finger badly, and then cut my arm as I tried to open the hatch while keeping the plane from rolling.

Now I always take the prop off when ever I bring a plane inside. Especially after I forgot to tighten down the collet on the prop once, a put a big dent in the bottom of the table.