ADS Arms
I agree that pre-flight checks required ADS arms to be connected but there was at least one take off that started with the ramp on the floor and that involved some nifty work on the ramp controls to get the ramp above the horizontal before rotation. It could well have been a prime candidate for " I learnt about flying from that" page in some aviation mags. It was a prime example of a break down in communications and the way that people interpret things to be what they expect rather than how they actually are! If there is any interest I can detail the saga for as Max Boyce used to say " I know because I was there!"