assembly interruption a dangerous thing

On May 22, 10:38 pm, Brian wrote:
On May 22, 2:16 pm, JJ Sinclair wrote:

Dan,
Thanks for posting that, but the truth is, interuptions WILL occur.
Suppose someone crashed right in front of you while you were
assembling? Don't tell me you won't be interupted. The answer lies in
a final critical assembly check which includes not only the flight
controls but the main wing pins and TE probe. BTW, your Ventus wing
won't stay on with just wing tape, that pin forms the second member
and must have been into the second spar far enough to take the flight
loads. You're one lucky guy!

JJ, who has twice failed to connect the outboard ailerons on an ASH-25
because I was explaining how I never forget to hook everything up to
an on-looker! But, I caught it both times when I did my critical
assembly check.

JJ beat me to posting this.
I am a huge fan of Critical Assembly Check Lists.

I strongly recommend having one printed on front of your Seat Pan.
Then make a habit of checking it before you get in the glider.
If you have an access door for your controls, have one printed on the
inside of the door and never install the door without going through
the checklist.

Look at your glider and figure out where you should have Critical
Assembly Checklists that you can easily use. I like having them
attached or printed on parts of the glider so I don't have to look for
them.

My HP16 has a Turtle Deck. I have one printed on the Wing Spar. I
never install the Turtle deck without going through the check list
which is, Ailerons Safeties installed, Wing Pin Safeties installed,
Battery Secured.

Keep the checklist to short containing only critical items. The check
list is more likely to be used this way and there less chance you will
skip something on it.

Brian
CFIIG/ASEL

I made what I call a "Fast-Five" list for my critical checkpoints on
my ship.
1. Main Spar pin safety
2. Aileron L safety
3. Aileron R safety
4. Elevator Pin safety
5. Elevator rod safety

I also keep a detailed assy checklist that help me remember items such
as the cell phone and to leave my car keys. But the critical list is
used at least twice in assy and in preflight. After all that I still
managed to fly with disconnected instruments once last season...

/Adam