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Old May 16th 15, 03:09 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bill D
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Default Sacrificial layer for gear-up protection.

On Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 2:44:08 AM UTC-6, wrote:
Hmm, did anybody thought about accoustic gear warnings when deploying airbrakes in club gliders??
Or even more sophisticated "get the f... gear out before landing" voice warning???

just my 2ct.

;O)


I'd guess the overwhelming majority of gear-up incidents were gliders with gear warnings installed. It helps but it's not foolproof.