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From: <ray.mason@dcsol.com>
To: <murphy-rebel@dcsol.com>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 8:06 PM
Subject: RE: TSBC Sea plane Safety Studies
toI am with Walter
always sight your gear. On short final as I look at the front wheel I say
hasn'tmyself "ground down water up" then I check the presure to make sure it
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->
-> I personally believe sight checking is the only sure way to do
-> it. Most of the accidents I know of, are ones that had fancy
-> indicator systems installed.
->
-> Walter
->
-> > -----Original Message-----
-> > From: mike.davis@dcsol.com
-> > [mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com]On Behalf Of
-> > klehman@albedo.net
-> > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 8:20 PM
-> > To: murphy-rebel@dcsol.com
-> > Subject: Re: TSBC Sea plane Safety Studies
-> >
-> >
-> > Yup I agree but I think it might be worth going one
-> > further because
-> > MAM's left/right selector switch is a trap IMO.
-> >
-> > The knob really should move up and down.
-> >
-> > Personally I planned a duck swimming in the lake on
-> > top and a dusty road
-> > runner on bottom :) Color keying it so it shows black
-> > when down and
-> > blue when up might be a thought as well but nothing
-> > beats looking out
-> > the window. Unfortunately that doesn't help the
-> > scenario that I've read
-> > about the most which is an interupted routine and not
-> > checking it every
-> > time. Assuming the gear is up because "I always
-> > retract it after
-> > takeoff" is a favourite. Getting in the habit of not
-> > checking when
-> > operating on welded gear for part of the year is a
-> > trap as well. Then
-> > there are the retractable wheel/skiis in winter that
-> > add even more fun...
-> >
-> > So it doesn't hurt to also explain to any passenger
-> > how to check the
-> > gear. They always took an interest once I mentioned
-> > how exciting it
-> > would be to mess it up ;)
-> >
-> > Ken
-> >
-> > Mike Kimball wrote:
-> > > When I'm ready for my amphibs I think on the gear up
-> > side of the gear switch
-> > > I'll put a picture of a lake, and on the other side
-> > I'll put a picture of a
-> > > runway. Then all I have to do is match the picture
-> > to what I see out the
-> > > window.
-> > >
-> > > Mike Kimball
-> > > SR #044
-> > >
-> >
-> >
-> >
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