assembly interruption a dangerous thing

JJ Sinclair wrote:
The Schempp-Hirth pin does not carry any load, it's just there to lock the
assembly.

Yeah, your right, I was thinking of the Nimbus pin which does carry a
load.

Dan, doesn't your proceduer of putting the pin half way, build in an
interruption?

My Discus manual recommends you do it this way -- halfway in to hold the
first wing, then all the way after the second wing is mounted.

I wonder if there is a way to have a little red flag that hangs over the
ASI when the wings are off. It would have velcro on it, and you would
stick it to another piece of velcro on the wing pin when the pin is
fully installed.


Why not get the wings together (prying with a broom
stick inserted in the hole) and then put the pin in all the way and
safety it right then? When I am interrupted, I try and leave something
there to remind me that I haven't finished the procedure, like hanging
my hat on the TE probe to remind me to go back and finish the tail
plane installation. I remember a guy that was right there, but
couldn't secure the tail plane because he had given the little red
tool to his wife so she could put water in the
wings................................he never came back to finish the
job and he is no longer with us!
Thanks for posting, we need to talk about these kind of things,
JJ