Super fast assembly and launch...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huk_WOxk1oc

After seeing this video, I think I'm going to try and recruit 5 people
to help me assemble my ship instead of just one....

I don't think they did a positive control check. Not too smart...but
oh, well, it was a record attempt, don't you know?

-John

On Nov 14, 12:49 pm, KevinFinke wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huk_WOxk1oc

After seeing this video, I think I'm going to try and recruit 5 people
to help me assemble my ship instead of just one....

I don't think they did a positive control check. Not too smart...but
oh, well, it was a record attempt, don't you know?


hah..................you read my mind...........just for a wind-up I
thought I would post this on our clubs BB, sit back and watch the
safety monkeys come un-glued.

Brad

On Nov 14, 2:46*pm, Brad wrote:
I don't think they did a positive control check. Not too smart...but
oh, well, it was a record attempt, don't you know?

hah..................you read my mind...........just for a wind-up I
thought I would post this on our clubs BB, sit back and watch the
safety monkeys come un-glued.

Brad

This is merely reckless, and only moderately so, at that. Any fool
can be reckless. I want to see recklessness that requires real skill
to survive.
At the very least he could have finished the flight with a redline
pass under a bridge.

-T8

On Nov 14, 12:14*pm, wrote:
On Nov 14, 2:46*pm, Brad wrote:

I don't think they did a positive control check. Not too smart...but
oh, well, it was a record attempt, don't you know?

hah..................you read my mind...........just for a wind-up I
thought I would post this on our clubs BB, sit back and watch the
safety monkeys come un-glued.

Brad

This is merely reckless, and only moderately so, at that. *Any fool
can be reckless. *I want to see recklessness that requires real skill
to survive.
At the very least he could have finished the flight with a redline
pass under a bridge.

-T8

inverted

Be careful Brad. Some of the safety primates read this site too...

I noticed the lack of a PCC as well, and thought that was kind of poor
form. They did do a control check, meaning that they made sure things
moved and opened and closed. The Discus and many other modern
sailplanes all now have automatic control hookups. So what is the risk
of not performing a PCC with automatic hookups? Has anyone with one of
these modern ships ever had a problem that was discovered during a
PCC?

On Nov 14, 12:54*pm, KevinFinke wrote:

...Has anyone with one of
these modern ships ever had a problem that was discovered during a
PCC?

It's rare, but I have seen it happen: Chad Moore discovered a broken
center elevator hinge on PCC of the auto-connecting elevator on his
Russia. Pulling the stick back would push the elevator aft without
deflecting it up.

Thanks, Bob K.

On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:17:11 -0800 (PST), jcarlyle
wrote:

I don't think they did a positive control check. Not too smart...but
oh, well, it was a record attempt, don't you know?

I'd say it set a record, but not precisely the kind they were looking
for.

Wonder if they still have an insurance company?

rj

On Nov 14, 1:09*pm, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Nov 14, 12:54*pm, KevinFinke wrote:

...Has anyone with one of
these modern ships ever had a problem that was discovered during a
PCC?

It's rare, but I have seen it happen: Chad Moore discovered a broken
center elevator hinge on PCC of the auto-connecting elevator on his
Russia. Pulling the stick back would push the elevator aft without
deflecting it up.

Thanks, Bob K.

Kevin and Brad, I am one of those safety primates, I just don't make a
lot of noise about it. Although I did get a lecture about that 130
knot contest finish.

DG300's are supposed to be auto hookup, but Dan King told me about
managing to get the tail on without the bearing getting into the
funnel, making the elevator useless. That is one failed hookup I don't
want to make. I think the thing about saftey as you're either becoming
more safe or less safe over time, and if you stop thinking about it
then you're probably becoming less safe. The other thing is to weigh
the cost, and the cost of a positive is very low in terms of time and
probably could have been done by that team with no increase in time.


Personally I find safety excites me.

On Nov 14, 3:54*pm, KevinFinke wrote:
Has anyone with one of
these modern ships ever had a problem that was discovered during a
PCC?

Yes, ASW27, C/G release check, failure to open; jammed with dirt. That
would have been fun on the winch.