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<DIV>That's a pretty good idea with the rubber bands on the prop. </DIV>
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<DIV>I do something similar because I'm scared to death that I'm going to forget
the wing bolts. To fuel my plane rather than fuel dots I use a short piece of
fuel tubing between two 90 deg. nipples external to the fuse. The nipples also
have little red caps that go over them. I've got a rule that the fuel tubing
can't come out of my box before the wing bolts are in.</DIV>
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<DIV>This isn't completely fool proof because it does require me to remember my
self imposed rule, but when I go to fuel up and see the red caps over the fuel
nipples I immediately think to double check that I've put in the wing
bolts. </DIV>
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<DIV>I agree with Jeff that it would be nice if there was some
*reliable* auto-locking mechanism that could be used. The challenge
is that it would have to stand up to hundreds or thousands of
connect/disconnect cycles and not become loose or fail. If such a thing
existed then I'd only have to have a rule to remember to put the
second wing on.</DIV>
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<DIV>Keith Black</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Sneedb@aol.com href="mailto:Sneedb@aol.com">Sneedb@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:53
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Wing hold down -
falsifies</DIV>
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<DIV>I've been using the old hooks and rubber bands method to hold the wings
on for years. When I remove the bands from the hooks I immediately
wrap the bands around the prop and spinner and leave them there. When
you go out for your next flying sesson you're not going to start the engine
with rubber bands wrapped around your prop and spinner. Not fool proof
but pretty close Bill</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>