Oudie gear warning?

In contests you lose as much as half your score if you don't overhead the field at pattern altitude, it's changed from years ago.

On Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 11:07:19 AM UTC-4, wrote:
Now I have an independant gear warning system. If anything, the gear warning volume needs to be THE LOUDEST SOUND IN THE COCKPIT.

I am a member of the "Gear Up Landing Club." (As well as the "Might Do It Again Club."

Easy solution with no electronics required.
1. Decide it is time to land and get in pattern.
2. Make radio call and then shut it off.
3. Out Loud say USTALL or other landing checklist.
4. Land with gear down at proper speed as you look far down the runway.

On Saturday, April 11, 2020 at 9:55:03 AM UTC-5, Soartech wrote:
On Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 11:07:19 AM UTC-4, wrote:
Now I have an independant gear warning system. If anything, the gear warning volume needs to be THE LOUDEST SOUND IN THE COCKPIT.

I am a member of the "Gear Up Landing Club." (As well as the "Might Do It Again Club."

Easy solution with no electronics required.
1. Decide it is time to land and get in pattern.
2. Make radio call and then shut it off.
3. Out Loud say USTALL or other landing checklist.
4. Land with gear down at proper speed as you look far down the runway.

Solution to make the solution work.

Humility to know that with enough unexpected stuff in the pattern it can happen to me too.

Last fall after updating my Oudie, I started getting the Aural Gear warning.
I like it, anything the Oudie says to me is important so I tend to listen to it.
It would be great if they could put in a Raise Your Gear warning, as one who has landed gear up and flew around all day with the gear down.
If there is a way to screw it up it seems I've done it.
Nick
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It would be great if they could put in a Raise Your Gear warning, as one who has landed gear up and flew around all day with the gear down.


It's there Nick. I'm not sure what triggers it but I get the same "Check Gear" aural and banner warning after release and sometimes late in the tow.

Of course, I've never needed it to remind me to pull up my gear - yeah - right.

Lou

I have installed the Tassman audio gear warning system.
You record your own voice.
So..if I extend the spoilers without the gear lowered my voice says, "put the gear down stupid, push the lever forward."

My second glider has this message, "put the gear down stupid, pull the lever back."

No problems with landings since.

That should be simple to accomplish if you can get the software
maintainers on board.



On 4/7/2020 9:33 AM, Nick Kennedy wrote:
Last fall after updating my Oudie, I started getting the Aural Gear warning.
I like it, anything the Oudie says to me is important so I tend to listen to it.
It would be great if they could put in a Raise Your Gear warning, as one who has landed gear up and flew around all day with the gear down.
If there is a way to screw it up it seems I've done it.
Nick
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Dan, 5J

Dan, You crack me up, " my airforce training is pretty strong". Our only 2 gear up landings in our club, ASA out of turf were by F16 instructors out of Luke, seems they always had an airman spotter at the end of the runway " checking their gear on short final

You're right, Cliff!

I'd completely forgotten about the RSU (Runway Supervisory Unit) who
would send you around (wave off for you Navy pukes) if you didn't have
your gear down.Â* Reminds me the of the story of the pilot at the
accident review board who said that he didn't lower his gear because he
was distracted by the loud buzzing in his head set and the flares
shooting off at the end of the runway.

But on a more serious note, I check my gear position, handle/switch,
indicator(s), and sounds/buffeting, three times before each landing:Â* on
downwind, on base, and on final.Â* I always cringe on short final
thinking how long it takes for the gear to extend electrically and that,
since the engine is secured, there will be no go around if I don't have
two green lights.

On 4/7/2020 7:15 PM, wrote:
Dan, You crack me up, " my airforce training is pretty strong". Our only 2 gear up landings in our club, ASA out of turf were by F16 instructors out of Luke, seems they always had an airman spotter at the end of the runway " checking their gear on short final

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Dan, 5J

Lou
I'll watch for that " Raise your Gear" the next time I fly.
I updated my Oudie last week so hopefully its in there.
Do I need to check any box in the settings to activate this feature that you know of?
Nick
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