by fastj22 » Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:31 pm
I've found a fresh #30 drill bit will do a wonderful job of relieving you of excess blood. I think the ancients called it blood letting and used leaches. The trick is to make sure you don't hit bone as the bit passes through your finger. Then spend the next 10 minutes looking for your first aid kit in the hangar as you spray and dribble your live essence across the floor like a lawn sprinkler.
The other fun Sonex medical skill is to learn wound cauterization. Sit akimbo under the motor mount as you MIG weld the Sonex supplied reinforcement pieces to your motor mount. Watch for that big molten goober about ready to drop on your ankle. When it hits, no matter how much clothing you are wearing, it will burn right through and give you a new set of vocabulary your daughter will repeat to her mother. Fun for the whole family!
John Gillis
SEL Private, Comm Glider, Tow pilot (Pawnee Driver)
Waiex N116YX, Jabiru 3300, Tail dragger,
First flight, 3/16/2013. 403 hours and climbing.
Home: CO15. KOSH x 5
Flying a B-Model Conversion (Super Bee Baby!)