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Airplane fair okay Ray? Wayne

----- Original Message -----
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

I am with Walter

always sight your gear. On short final as I look at the front wheel I say

to

myself "ground down water up" then I check the presure to make sure it

hasn't

bled off.

->
-> 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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Yes my Rebel survived the floods with no damage. I see two of the flooded
planes have had their engines pulled already. I now have it parked in a higher
spot but their are no tiedowns or any wind protection and we had a pretty good
blow the last two nights. So I was out today and filled a couple of half
barrels with rocks to tie it to. It amazing what kind of restless slept you
get when your not happy with how your plane is tied down. Flew down to ZBB
last week to get a transponder but it was intermitant so had to fly back with
out it.
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-> Airplane fair okay Ray? Wayne
->
-> ----- Original Message -----
-> 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
->
->
-> > I am with Walter
-> >
-> > always sight your gear. On short final as I look at the front wheel I say
-> to
-> > myself "ground down water up" then I check the presure to make sure it
-> hasn't
-> > bled off.
-> >
-> > ->
-> > -> 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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