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Old May 22nd 08, 09:16 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
JJ Sinclair
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Default assembly interruption a dangerous thing

Dan,
Thanks for posting that, but the truth is, interuptions WILL occur.
Suppose someone crashed right in front of you while you were
assembling? Don't tell me you won't be interupted. The answer lies in
a final critical assembly check which includes not only the flight
controls but the main wing pins and TE probe. BTW, your Ventus wing
won't stay on with just wing tape, that pin forms the second member
and must have been into the second spar far enough to take the flight
loads. You're one lucky guy!

JJ, who has twice failed to connect the outboard ailerons on an ASH-25
because I was explaining how I never forget to hook everything up to
an on-looker! But, I caught it both times when I did my critical
assembly check.