At 07:19 23 September 2015, Surge wrote:
On Wednesday, 23 September 2015 08:14:15 UTC+2, Jonathan St. Cloud
wrote:
I fresh idea. I shall paint a half dollar size green dot in the wheel
down and locked position and a red square in the wheel retracted position.

Less confusing than arrows or just color, square does not roll.

What happens when you forget what a square shape represents during the
heat
of the moment or someone else flies your glider?

The words UP and DOWN (or EXTENDED and RETRACTED) cannot be
confused and
since language is usually one of the last things one loses when your
brain
starts failing, it's probably the safest bet.
If my brain can't interpret UP/DOWN then in all likely hood I've already
lost all my motor skills and a crash is inevitable.


Gear up or down should not be a real problem if you are landing on grass
and
it is locked in either position you won't hurt yourself .
The problem is when you pick the wrong lever and don't realise .
It's the not realising that is the real problem,there are lots of ways to
get it
wrong ,in my case release instead of decompression on the turbo or flaps
,or
wrong knob on the radio .As long as you realise and sort t out its ok the
tunnel vision is the real hazard .
My sincere commiserations to the pilot involved ,I am sure he will be
beating
himself up when he gets a bit better ,but all any one can do is hope every

one else learns from his accident and we don't have to keep repeating it.