How it's Made - Gliders

On Mar 3, 7:30*pm, Steve Leonard wrote:
Anyone else notice that when the wing is being put on during the assembly,
one of the auto hookups misses? *Watch closely at 3:15 into Part 2.

I didn't see that first time but yes, it did miss and roll down the
side of the fuselage didn't it. Is that possible with everything
rigged properly?

Andy

That happened to me a few times with my Ventus 2C. The wing stops well
short of being seated. A simple matter of watching the hooks as the
wing is being inserted.

On Mar 5, 8:16*am, Tuno wrote:
That happened to me a few times with my Ventus 2C. The wing stops well
short of being seated. A simple matter of watching the hooks as the
wing is being inserted.

This is most likely just an artifact of "movie making" - the shot was
staged for the camera. The worker was probably told by the director
to "insert the wing and walk away". Editors choose the best clips
available and hope no one notices the unavoidable screw-ups. Actors
just ignore set glitches and try to look like nothing happened.
There's a lot of this sort of thing that finds it's way into theater
films. There are web sites based on it.

I presume there's no real safety issue since, as has been pointed out,
the wings won't fully seat so the wing pins can be inserted unless the
control hookups engage properly.