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Old June 25th 08, 05:50 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
JJ Sinclair
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You make a very good point, the beast may be broken but it isn't
terminal if you use a little common sense getting it apart and back in
the box. I have seen a G-103 where the club members used a crow-bar to
get the wings off because the aft lift fitting carry-through tube was
bent and wouldn't release the wings. Bad way to go, the ship was
repairable before the club got there. I also have seen a Cirrus push-
rods cut with a hack-saw, right next to the Hotiellier rfittings. Use
a little common sense, the bird still has value. BTW, prop up the fin
and the radio may just work to get a message out. The Nimbus 3 that
was missing for 3 days at Uvalde had a good radio, battery and
antenna. All the pilot had to do was prop up the fin and talk to all
the folks that were looking for him.
JJ

Andy wrote:
On Jun 24, 7:52�pm, ContestID67 wrote:
6) If you are on the scene of a boom break (I have), resisting with
all your might the temptation of cutting all the lines (air, coax) to
speed up the removal of the dead beast from the scene of the crime.
It is much better to try to take the time to disconnect things at the
cockpit end and pull them back so that any necessary splicing is done
in a easily accessible place.


I too helped to retrieve a glider with a boom break. We splinted the
boom with trailer jack handles and lots of duct tape and put the
fuselage in the trailer in one piece. (Thanks to PC2 who had been
there, and done that, before.)

Andy