At 15:00 15 March 2004, Uri Saovray wrote:
Sure, but that doesn't take care of INADVERTENT opening
of the
spoilers.

So you only check your brakes the once?

Now I dont know about you, but my general visual visual
sweep includes sideways glances down the wings, and
the usual noise that happens when airbrakes pop open
will make me look along the wing. During a launch,
my hand is resting on the airbrake lever too.


Examples: weak geometric lock + some turbulence;

Then the problem there is to fix your glider and not
fly a u/s glider. I've never had airbrakes pop open,
even in rotor. Even the club gliders I fly have a considerable
amount of force to unlock the airbrakes, but then they
are well maintained.

Dual-command + some confusion in the other seat; You
can probably think of more examples...

Actually, my train of thought is just to use good airmanship,
which is free and widely available to everyone, if
they can be bothered!