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Old 18th Jul 2011, 12:44
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Just a quick one on removing chocks...yeh a mate of mine has a midget, what worries me about hand swinging from in front is being so far away from the throttle and mags....and in a really dodgy position should the brakes fail or chocks forget to be put in place....
I think that is what is so good about the Tiger, the prop has enormous ground clearance, and you can comfortably walk down the wing with your right hand touching the leading edge) to remove chocks. A mate of mine gave a chocks away signal for me to get down to take them away from the Triplane he was about to go flying in....oh boy, that was scary. I had no idea how close the prop was to the front wheels until I was down there carefully removing the chock without flinging it into the prop....freaky stuff.
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