Most Important Control On My Plane

Jay Honeck wrote:
Most important control
Radio transmit

Hey, I'm a "Use the radio, dammit!" guy from way back -- but even I
wouldn't rate the transmit button as my "most important control"...

Maybe number three or so...

I was not thinking of the yoke or pedals as controls. I was thinking
more buttons and knobs. If they count ... then it's the elevator.

-The original poster

On 27 Nov 2006 23:22:45 -0800, "Charles Talleyrand"
wrote:


Jay Honeck wrote:
Most important control
Radio transmit

Hey, I'm a "Use the radio, dammit!" guy from way back -- but even I
wouldn't rate the transmit button as my "most important control"...

Maybe number three or so...

I was not thinking of the yoke or pedals as controls. I was thinking
more buttons and knobs. If they count ... then it's the elevator.

The little knob on the altimeter gets my vote.

Don

Most important control
Start switch

Jerry

"Charles Talleyrand" wrote in message
oups.com...
Type of plane
I have a VFR Cessna 150.

Most important control
Radio transmit

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Robert M. Gary wrote:
Charles Talleyrand wrote:
Type of plane
I have a VFR Cessna 150.

M20

Most important control
Radio transmit

Yoke

Least important control
Pitot heat (if you need it, you shouldn't be flying)

Why shouldn't you be flying if you need pitot heat?


Because I fly a VFR Cessna 150. When would I need pitot heat assuming
the weather was good enough to fly in the first place. In other words,
if I need pitot heat, what I really needed was better decision making
before takeoff.

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Talleyrand ]
Posted At: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 6:45 PM
Posted To: rec.aviation.owning
Conversation: Most Important Control On My Plane
Subject: Most Important Control On My Plane


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Why shouldn't you be flying if you need pitot heat?


Because I fly a VFR Cessna 150. When would I need pitot heat assuming
the weather was good enough to fly in the first place. In other
words,
if I need pitot heat, what I really needed was better decision making
before takeoff.

To each, his or her own limits. However, pitot heat isn't only useful in
below freezing conditions. It used to be a practice to have the pitot
heat on before flight into visible moisture. I realize you mentioned VFR
only Charles, but it seems to me that this thread was tending to suggest
that pitot heat was for use during below freezing conditions, and that's
just not always the case.

On 27 Nov 2006 23:22:45 -0800, "Charles Talleyrand"
wrote:


Jay Honeck wrote:
Most important control
Radio transmit

Hey, I'm a "Use the radio, dammit!" guy from way back -- but even I
wouldn't rate the transmit button as my "most important control"...

Maybe number three or so...

I was not thinking of the yoke or pedals as controls. I was thinking
more buttons and knobs. If they count ... then it's the elevator.

Nah. You should be able to fly using ailerons and trim without the
elevator. I had one instructor have me land doing just that. The AOPA
even put out a video on doing it.

I believe certification requires that the elevator not be a single
failure point. Home builts OTOH may not necessarily have that
advantage.




-The original poster
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Jerry wrote:
Most important control
Start switch

Or stop switch. When I had the Chief I once had a bad mag ground that
prevented the mags from shutting off. Since the Chief has no idle cut
off mixture all I could do was to shut the fuel valve off and sit and
wait, and wait, and wait.

-Robert

I was not thinking of the yoke or pedals as controls. I was thinking
more buttons and knobs. If they count ... then it's the elevator.

Nah. You should be able to fly using ailerons and trim without the
elevator. I had one instructor have me land doing just that. The AOPA
even put out a video on doing it.

When I was getting my float rating the instructor had me take off
using just trim and rudder

Gas Cap

"Jerry" wrote in message
m...
Most important control
Start switch

Jerry

"Charles Talleyrand" wrote in message
oups.com...
Type of plane
I have a VFR Cessna 150.

Most important control
Radio transmit

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Montrose, CO (MTJ)