Originally Posted by
Weheka
Hi George,
Not sure if you have seen it, but NZ Ag Beavers had a mod on the flap handle designed so if you ever had to pump flaps in a hurry, they went down. It was a simple lever on the flap handle just like a brake lever on a bike, flaps only came up if you squeezed the lever. Must have been a few incidents on Ag as you can imagine with having flap selector in wrong position. Think it was a Fieldair mod. Two Beavers I have been connected with and others I have seen all had the mod, even for civil use.
A google search reveals a company called Stolairus Aviation in the US seems to have copied the idea and have STCd it in the States, Canada pending.
Was not a NZ. The mod was done and designed by airag at bankstown in the late 70s.
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