Landing with one spoiler

At 05:36 27 September 2005, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Shawn wrote:



I don’t post messages on RAS normally but this is
an
exception. Yes, I have landed a Discus with no spoilers,
and yes
it was my stupidity. I taped the spoilers shut to
keep the rain out and
didn’t do a proper ground check the next day.
Put some tape on your stick the next time.
'What's this? Oh yeah.'
Just a thought.

And the tape should have written on it 'DO A DI'.

A normal DI would discover the spoilers won't open,
so obviously a
control check was never done at any time. Removing
the tape on the
spoilers is a good idea, but doing a DI is even better
(the tape might
not be the only problem).


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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

Ouch! I didn’t realize how much that would smart.
Of course you’re all
absolutely correct. I could of, should of, would of,
but didn’t. The point that
I was trying to make is; sometimes things don’t go
as planned and if you
have practiced for the unexpected the end result will
always turn out better.
Nuff said. Hope I didn’t embarrass anyone.
Chuck