Gear warnings

OK, story time.........I was flying a test-hop of an ASW-20 after
performing a major repair (broken boom). I did some stalls & falls,
hard turnes and then ran it up to redline in 10 knot
increments...........everything checked out fine. Most of my 5000 foot
tow was used up, so I entered down-wind for 30, dropped the gear and
popped the spoilers. Just then a voice said; "Put the gear down, now
Rudy". Puzzled, I double-checked the gear and sure enough it was down!
Then it came at me again with this; "Put the gear down, now Rudy",
Business. Half smiling, I said, the gear IS DOWN, my name's not Rudy
and who the hell are you?
JJ
PS, You guessed it, the owners name was Rudy and his gear warning
system was malfunctioning.

On Nov 21, 6:19 am, nimbusgb wrote:
I always fit a gear warning alarm to my ships but my 'over the fence
check' is gear check down and locked. My one wheels up, luckily on a
deeply grassed runway was after a long hard dehydrating cross country
terminated by a just sub Vne flyby and pullup. Top of the pullup, gear
down, roll onto downwind, arc around to finals, line up on centreline,
pop brakes, all looking good. fence below, check gear down and locked.
Damn! not sure, ISNT THAT UP? Why no alarm? cycle lever. Blast of
siren followed by soft bump and smell of overheated gelcoat.

A company called elk does a combined voice and siren device in the US.http://www.smarthomeusa.com/Shop/Sec...K-Voice-Siren/
That and a couple of timer chips and you could have a siren then a
subltle voice reminder and then different siren then siren and some
less than complimentary warning

Ian