Always check your flight controls BEFORE starting your engine

Ron Garret wrote:
I dutifully followed the checklist, which called for checking flight
controls free and correct after starting the engine.

You must not be flying a Cherokee. I can't move the rudder on the ground in
mine. It's firmly attached to the nosewheel. I always check for foreign
objects on the floor during preflight. Beyond that, all I can do is make
some full deflection turns as I'm rolling on taxi.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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The worst thing I've found is after an annual, where the mechanic left an
engine hoist chain attached to my engine, but cowled it up! Yes, I checked
the oil and filler prior to departing, but there was no way to see the chain
through the inspection door.

Considering it is an aerobatic plane, I did not roll it inverted on the way
home, which would have been my normal practice to see if anything shook
loose. It was the last time I went to them for anything.