Bill,

I'm under the impression that you haven't looked at the presentation and are
just evaluating it based on the title itself..if you have, my apologies.

Some points I would like to make:

What is required is a Critical Assembly Check, of which the PCC may form a
part

I fully agree with you. Not only is a PCC and CAC needed, but also takeoff
checklists and landing checklists. The presentation does cover the
requirements to do a PCC, CAC, as well as L'Hotelier connectors, the
requirement for pins or LH connectors, preflight checks, landing checks....you
get the picture.

After PCCs were made compulsory at
that club, at the subsequent annual inspection damage was found to several
elevators almost certainly caused by too much force during the PCC.

In addition, regarding avoiding damage to gliders, it does have a detail slide
adressing this, points mentioned he

* Don’t bang stick or control surfaces against the stops
* Use light pressure on control surface… perhaps equal to weight of forearm
* Control surfaces and trailing edges are damaged easily…apply pressure with
open hand to avoid point loads
* Apply pressure at control surface strong point…typically near pushrod
attach point
* For elevator, one hand on left elevator, one hand on right elevator
* For spoilers, hold by spoiler plate, not spoiler cap…be careful of your
fingers

Regards!







Jim Vincent
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