Mike the Strike wrote:
I also disagree about leaving out the undercarriage check on fixed
gear aircraft. When I was training for my single-engine rating years
ago in South Africa, the fixed-gear aircraft had a dummy gear switch
on the panel with a red and green light. My instructor thought that
it was always good practice to check gear and so far his training has
worked on me.

I used a clothespin in my Ka6E, which I transferred from the spoiler
handle to the lip of the cowling. It didn't work perfectly for me, as I
forgot my gear once in the Std Cirrus, and twice in the ASW 20 C;
fortunately, both gliders had a gear warning horn, so I never landed
gear up. I've never forgotten it in the ASH 26 e (2900 hours), so I did
learn it eventually. I do have a warning system, just the same.

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (netto to net to email me)