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Old November 3rd 03, 06:48 AM
F.L. Whiteley
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"F.L. Whiteley" wrote in message
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"JJ Sinclair" wrote in message
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I know of a Kestrel 19 that's done the same, twice. The wing attach

design
is very much the same. The pin is not load bearing, but only locks the
wings together. As long a 0 to negative G is avoided, they won't come

off.


Come on guys, this story is getting out of hand. Your asking us to

believe
that
a Kestrel driver used his neat little wing assembly tool to force his

wings
together and then FORGOT to put the main pin in? And you say he did it

twice?
That pin is not load bearing, but any turbulance (like what we do to

make
the
wing come out, on didassembly) will allow the wings to slide out and

then
our
fictitious Kestrel driver would find himself wingless.
JJ Sinclair


Nevertheless, the owner admitted to doing this twice.

Frank

Maybe the tape and control linkages are _just_ enough........

One of our club members also landed his Std Jantar 2 following a winch
launch. A young lady that walked out to look at the glider picked up the
horizontal tail attach pin and handed it to him, as it had fallen out on
landing. He painted it in such a way that if it wasn't properly seated, a
color would show. He then booked a flight to Majorca to 'enjoy life' and
the fact that he was still living it.

Frank