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very sad to see accidents like this still happen :( - I got taught that when you do pre-flight control checks, stick your thumb up on the yoke, and whichever way you move it, ie full right/roll right, your thumb will point at the up-going aileron :ok: - easy to remember for a quick check. Must be a nightmare when you can't see the controls you are operating though :(.
The title of this thread says it all though dosn't it? No new acidents, just new victims :( check, check and check again:= stay safe people :ok: |
Originally Posted by Kengineer-130
(Post 2803747)
very sad to see accidents like this still happen :( - I got taught that when you do pre-flight control checks, stick your thumb up on the yoke, and whichever way you move it, ie full right/roll right, your thumb will point at the up-going aileron :ok: - easy to remember for a quick check.
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Originally Posted by cwatters
(Post 2803852)
I prefer not to rely on a rule but to work from first princples... put the stick over, look at the aileron and work out if that's increasing or decreasing the lift on that wing.
Here is a related accident. |
It is sad when a plane crashes after maintenance to comply with an airworthiness directive as in the example barit1 has posted above.
I recall that several DHC-2's crashed shortly after an A.D. was issued including the one I described in an earlier post on this topic. I check every flight and triple check after any maintenance. slowrotor |
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