Another glider crash?

In my glider the gear up position is
marked with hot pink duct tape as well as
the landing flap position and the spoiler
and gear handles as additional reminders
to check the gear.

There's a 4x4" green vinyl square at the
gear down position.

The gear handle is tucked down by my
thigh when up. It's now easy to see it's
down.

The LS gear is even better as it will shred
your knuckles if you pull spoilers with the
gear up.

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.

It was not until my most recent BFR that the instructor was requiring a visual check of the airbrakes and also required the airbrakes to be check full open as he explained there have been several incidents where the airbrakes became locked in the full up position. So now I check the airbrakes in the fully deployed position where if they became locked in the full up I could still make some type of pattern to land. I also added a tubular gauze to the airbrake handle to change the tactile feel from the flaps.