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One of my pet peeves. I have a bit over 3,000 hours as PIC* in the Bonanza family, about 1,200 hours as instructor. I always make it clear to my client / trainees, that there is absolutely no valid reason to retract flaps while taxiing, and any attempt to reach for the flap switch while I am on board will not be tolerated. The "standard" -- or at least the most common -- arrangement in most airplanes has the landing gear switch on the pilot side of the panel or center console, and the flap switch on the co-pilot side. I am aware of at least three different arrangements and location for flap and landing gear controls in Bonanzas:
I have been known to re-inforce my "don't touch it while taxiing" policy, by forcibly restraining a pilot who was reaching for the flap switch while the airplane was in motion. I absolutely insisted on touching this switch only when the airplane was at a complete stop and the pilot was focused on retracting the flaps after verifying that s/he was reaching for the flap switch and not the landing gear switch. Kind of like double-checking that the gun is unloaded without the distraction of doing something else at the same time. ![]() *Pilot In Command for the acronym hatersThis message has been edited. Last edited by: V-Tail, Any cocktail can be a shrimp cocktail if you put your mind to it, and if you carry lots of loose shrimp in your pocket. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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When I was flying we had an instructor drop a Cessna 172RG doing touch and gos. He landed, flipped up the gear instead of the flaps, and bounced enough to let the gear retract. He wasn't an instructor after that mishap. "The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy." "I did," said Ford, "it is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates the government they want." "You mean they actually vote for the lizards." "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might get in." | |||
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At Wheeling WV Ohio County airport there was a company that we used for short trips. In the early 90's when you could park next to the runway and just walk up to the plane. Also many times I remember rental cars parked within walking distance of the plane at several airports. Anyway the guy took off and if I'm not mistaken he had a fuel line freeze up and had to land on I-70. I took a flight with him a couple weeks later and asked him if he got into any kind of trouble landing on interstate. He said no but he had some explaining to do when he turned around and took back off. | |||
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Part of the reason I never owned a retractable gear aircraft was the expense, and that probably saved me thousands of dollars. Had a friend with a Comanche and one day when I walked over to his hangar, his landing gear was all over the hangar floor. It was for an inspection. He did most of the work himself with an IA sign off, but it still cost him $4k. When he passed away, I sort of thought about buying his aircraft cause I had a love affair with Comanches, but I couldn’t swallow the cost. --------------- Gary Will Fly for Food... and more Ammo Mosquito Lubrication Video If Guns Cause Crime, Mine Are Defective.... Ted Nugent | |||
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