[hawkman]

The most dangerous I ever saw was in some magazine in Argentina. I was on holiday and reading through this and found an article on RC helis...the bloke only had the thing by its skids above his head...and appeared to be tweaking the carb with someone else by his side looking on.

The Heli was a Shuttle, so not the most powerful thing ever but even a heli this size will give you some injuries.

I have heard of the table method before, and agree that for all out power its a good option. I used headloaders in the past but while they are good for a 'baseline' setup on a carb they dont really replicate the real deal.

I have spun the head up without blades before, but only at a fast idle..up to half power but no more. Its ok to do this but the learner must be aware of the tail rotor...this will pull one way or the other...so be very careful of what you are doing...better to clamp the skids down with something...and be careful of the flybar paddles...these can still cut/hurt you.

Rob