NEAT Fair Crash - Statement by Justin's Dad
Wen Wu is the name of the man who was hit by Justin's Trex600. I was told by the son Vince that his cut (my recollection was 2 to 2.5" across) on the forehead was stitched. There were also 2-3 hairline scratches that were red but not deep enough to bleed from. I do not know how many but that is not important. When I asked him if we could come visit him at the hospital, Vince(his son) told me that he expects his dad to be discharged tomorrow and return home in CT. When I asked him if we can visit him at home to see how well he is doing, he said that it is not necesary and he would keep me updated. He did say that there is temporary vision problem on the swelled eye so he will go see an opthamologyst tomorrow. I do not know if the heli struck him directly or grazed him. He was still sitting in his chair while the heli was behind him by a few feet.
It was an unfortunate incident for everyone but mostly to Mr. Wen Wu. We pray that he will fully recover both mentally and physically.
Account of 11:00am crash:
That morning's flight saw more than usual landings and takeoffs by airplanes during the typical 4min that Justin flies with his Trex600. He proceeded to do a practice flight prior to the Sunday demo.
Justin did about 1-2min flying when a landing call came. He held the heli in hover position until the ground was clear and proceeded to continue for another 30sec or so. A take off call came and I was trying to direct him to put it down. It was difficult to put it down where he normally takeoffs and lands as it was in direct takeoff path and did not know how much closer to put it down. He landed to closer side of the grass runway center and waited for the runway to clear. He then proceeded to takeoff and started back on his manuevers. It was rainbowish maneuver but instead of going from left to right in front of him, it was arcing toward him high above and went over our heads and crashed 5feet past the crowd control net.
The time between last locked position ( as in pop and lock) to crash was less than 1sec from in front of us to behind.
Since we were using 2.4GHz Spektrum, radio lockout will be ruled out.
I do not know if he had control or not for that last 1sec as it was too quick for me to judge or analyze. It maybe pilot error or equipment failure but either case ultimately we are responsible for the injury.
Accident or not, I am very very proud of the way he conducted during all flights. I do not mean the maneuvers themselves but the position where he chose to place the heli during the maneuvers which were always at the grass runway centerline. IMO he conducted himself in the safest manner possible until the crash. He actually complained to me about a pass one demo pilot made with his racer the day before as he did his final turn over the spectatator net on the far end. I had to explain that was necessary due to the narrow field and that he was way past any actual spectators. This and all his actions and placement of the maneuvers proved to me beyond doubt that he was actively placing the heli away from the spectators.
Please put all energy toward praying for quick and full recovery of Mr. Wen Wu. It will not be too late to put the blame on me and Justin afterwards.
Thank you and again Chi family will pray for the speedy and full recovery of Mr. Wen Wu.
Justin Chi Trex600 - Crash into the crowd
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