Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

[Joe Hunt]

Glad your plane was ok. That is one of the reasons i keep all the bolts for assembly and the tools for that plane in a servo box. Once all the bolts are missing they should be in the plane. Double check before the hatch goes on then i put the tools in the box and double check again.

Thanks, me too! haha Yeah, I do the same thing with the servo box... but I didn't even look, let alone double check... I just wasn't on my game... truth be told I was agitated before I got to the field and was telling myself to just turn around and go home. That my head wasn't in it and that'd I'd probably make a mistake. I was right, or I manifested it, or something. I better make a clipboard checkbox preflight checklist at this point. I kid you not. haha

 

[Joe Hunt]

No video.....didn't happen

My daughter was just getting her video camera out when I set it down. From the moment I was on the ground until now I can't make up my mind about whether or not I would want to see that video (if she had taken it). One minute I'm sure I do, and one minute I'm sure I don't. haha

Just before take off:

 

[bigblueswope]

Thanks, me too! haha Yeah, I do the same thing with the servo box... but I didn't even look, let alone double check... I just wasn't on my game... truth be told I was agitated before I got to the field and was telling myself to just turn around and go home. That my head wasn't in it and that'd I'd probably make a mistake. I was right, or I manifested it, or something. I better make a clipboard checkbox preflight checklist at this point. I kid you not. haha

Ever since I crashed my EF 88" Edge on maiden, I've started listening to that little voice. It is quite wise.

I was over-tired from a LONG few weeks leading up to Nall and should not have rushed the maiden.


BJ Swope

 

[Xpress]

Thanks, me too! haha Yeah, I do the same thing with the servo box... but I didn't even look, let alone double check... I just wasn't on my game... truth be told I was agitated before I got to the field and was telling myself to just turn around and go home. That my head wasn't in it and that'd I'd probably make a mistake. I was right, or I manifested it, or something. I better make a clipboard checkbox preflight checklist at this point. I kid you not. haha

What I do is I remove the wing bolts and keep them in my hand and do one wing panel at a time- it's difficult for me to do another wing panel when my hand is full

Then I double check before the canopy goes on. I'm habitual with stuff like that, it's difficult for me to forget.

 

[Joe Hunt]

Comments from people under 30 don't count @Xpress haha

 

[Naughty Monkey]

Not sure if I worded mine correctly. Was range testing and wiggling the surfaces and one of my wings was not secured. The wiggling caused the wing to tilt. All of this while I wasn't flying of course. That plane lived a few more years...

You did, I was referring to the "other money pit".

 

[Naughty Monkey]

I drill a hole through the alignment pin and use a hitch pin. Stays in until it slides through the fuse and immediately gets reinstalled. Lost a plane from this, hadn't gotten around to doing it on that one yet!

 

[Jetpainter]

I drill a hole through the alignment pin and use a hitch pin.

Aeroworks style.

I drilled the studs on my Secraft wing bolts on my Pilot Edge for a hitch pin. They spin on so easy I was afraid if they ever came loose it would be bye bye wing.

 

[Xpress]

Comments from people under 30 don't count @Xpress haha

Mentally I feel 20 physically I feel 40

Aeroworks style.

I drilled the studs on my Secraft wing bolts on my Pilot Edge for a hitch pin. They spin on so easy I was afraid if they ever came loose it would be bye bye wing.
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Hey... Now there's an idea...

 

[dhal22]

Hey... Now there's an idea...

I agree, I like it.