On Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 2:13:04 PM UTC-5, Papa3 wrote:
On Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 2:57:14 PM UTC-4, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
I did have the little symbol of glider with wheel down and up, while I have perfect distance vision and did not need reading glasses at that time, I could not quite make out which symbol was which.

I have the official symbols as well. But it's not immediately obvious without a pretty careful look which picture shows the wheel down. I really like the idea of supplemental Green/Red arrows.

Label maker: Big font "UP" and "DOWN" in the appropriate place. Easy to read, no thinking "what does green mean?" required.

Like Dan, I like the LS solution better.

As a side note - I raise the gear at 500' agl on tow (nose hook), to prevent forgetting it after release in the rush to find a thermal, etc. I also tow in thermalling flaps (+5), so when I release in lift there is nothing to do but climb...

And my landing checklist is short: Wind (direction for pattern), Water (ballast gone or fly faster), Wheel (down and locked).

Kirk
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