I am sure we all have veteran stories of rabid telescope attacks, crushing counterweights, or shocking power cords...
My latest was 2 nights ago. Was aligning my Vixen Fl102, and had just slewed to Betelgeuse as one of the alignment stars. Was bent over the laptop, using my camera capture software with crosshair as my "illuminated reticle", when stupid me forgot that the telescope was behind me. Now, the dewshields on Vixens aren't lightweight aluminium.... needless to say I cared more about the scope and mount, before rectifying the blood coming from the back of my head
The other was a near miss a few months back.Sold an HEQ5 mount. Was getting the final counterweight out of th car - was in the original SW box with foam inserts - when the weight comes out, and very rapidly heads towards my right foot.Thankfully, it missed by a whisker, but I was wearing crocs at the time, so you can imagine the agony and probable broken foot bones that would have caused!
What war stories have you got?