On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 6:23:44 PM UTC-4, Mike the Strike wrote:
On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 2:29:47 PM UTC-7, Bob Pasker wrote:
On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 3:36:48 PM UTC-4, son_of_flubber wrote:
On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 2:59:26 PM UTC-4, Bill D wrote:
Lets say you are deploying a retractible gear glider in a club with members who some might suspect of landing the thing gear-up someday.

I've seen this eventuality addressed on an L-23 by putting a ziptie around the gear lowering handle.

all of the club retracts I've flown have had the handle disabled, either with a ziptie or with safety wire

Disabling an aircraft control sounds not only insane but likely also illegal.

Mike

Slightly off topic but has entertainment value: Go tell that that to the mechanic who services the local CAP L23 and routinely safety-wires the canopy emergency jettison lever with SS-wire rather than thin copper wire which one could break .....