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Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh
YUP!
7) Earlier in the year we had a kid spin the starter on the V100 - quite unexpectedly!
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I put a M113 out for display with almost dead batteries. Feeling that there could be no issue with the kids managing to start it, I left the batteries connected (I no longer do that).
Later, while walking by the vehicle, I noticed a large puddle of bile next to the vehicle and had trouble figuring out what it was. It was then I realized the little darlings had managed to find the full combination of master switch and bilge pump switch, and had bumped the forward hull out onto the parking lot. Luckily nobody had been standing there. They also had pulled the tiller bars off...luckily the vehicle had not rolled forward.
In the end, I considered it a learning experience. As I mentioned before, the drivers position is separated by a sheet of plexiglass, and just as often as not I stick a mannequin in uniform into the driver's seat to prevent the little explorers from climbing up through the hatch and into the drivers hatch. After all, the glass is just a detour and not an obstacle. Mind you, there is a slot for the ramp release lever, and the little arms reach in as far as they can to explore.