Two ways, in fact:
1. Towing it with the tail wheel locked; it forces the rudder arm against the stop. Sorted with a simple repair this time; it will be hugely expensive if we do it again. Here is what we must do to avoid it:
Before Towing: check and double check that the lever is up/ unlocked &
Always On The Ground: secure the lever up with a lap strap (just like we do with glider airbrakes)
2. The second is quite different, occuring when removing wing covers with the canopy cover bungee snagged. It stretches as the cover is pulled, then eventually frees with a loud twang and hole in the fuselage fabric. Again, two things for us to do:
Putting Covers On: do NOT hook the bungee over the wing cover.
Taking Covers Off: do check that it is not snagged.
Finally: Who Has Read This?
As before, please drop me a line when you have read this. So far, the following have not:
P**e, R**K, R****e, J*n, W***y, C**l, G**n, B*b, K*n, R*n, B**t, Al, Dave, &, if not too busy on the beach, M**k.
