Permanent Page Req'd - What *NOT* to do

[birdy]

That takes the cake Nik, and I thought I woz dumb.If your tyred and stuffed and still have to fly, be sure you have radio contact with the ground crew, coz if you fall asleep, they'll call you up and ask " where the ell you go'n now??" and wake you up again.Ignorance is bliss............but only till you realise you were.Ingratitude stinks.......be generous carefully.

[NiqueNaque]

Birdman,Usually I'm reasonably smart.... but that is only an average thing. As it goes with statistics there are variances up and down the scale, so sometimes I can be exceedingly brilliant, at other times I can be profoundly dumb.My biggest problem given averages is working out if my 'average' intelligence is built on long periods of dumb behavior which is balanced out by very short but extemely intense periods of brilliance, or if it is from long periods of brilliance balanced by short bursts of extreme dumbness... usually the product of drinking.What do you reckon?Don't everyone rush to answer!Cheers,Nick.

[Tim]

You're making this one too easy Nick!Tim McClure

[birdy]

Wot e on about Tim??Or is this a signe of me dumness.I consider meself to pretty smart, just the rest of you are too dumb to recognise me brilliance.Ignorance is bliss............but only till you realise you were.Ingratitude stinks.......be generous carefully.

[asra]

"WHAT NOT TO DO"!!!!..........I'LL GIVE YOU A FREE TIP..........DON'T BE COMPLACENT!If you are going to use a Stanley knife or box cutter,for cutting, stripping, splitting etc; no mater how small the job...USE A SAFETY GLOVE.not like this d1ck head....Slashed palm,2 severed tendants, lost use of pinky,micro surgery,8weeks in a cast,another 8 physioIf your going for the slash....use protection!!"HE IS MORE MYSELF THAN I AM"

[Mark Horan]

I reckon you should just change your name to "buster"

[NiqueNaque]

Hmmm,Woz-meister... what is your average intelligence built on???I thought I was a worry until I met you.Get well soon,Nick.

[asra]

Wow WOS That looks bad.I hope you get well soon.[]Just remember all you need to be is smarter than the knife[)]Cheers SonnyIntelligence is not a privilege,it is a gift and should be used for the good of mankind.

[asra]

Mark.....Check out CTD profile.Nick.....I spose I took living on the "Edge" that extra step.Sonny....Oh Im smarter than the knife no worries,Im still alive,and believe me that knife is well and trulely DEAD.Any way in the scheme of things its all a bit of a girly injury when you compareit to what some have had happen to them....wouldn't you agree Rus?...Woz..."HE IS MORE MYSELF THAN I AM"

[asra]

You got that rite[]Russ....A1014 NT....gods country

[asra]

When you finally think that you have done the best preflight ever done,[] get in and take off only to find that you forgot to take the air speed indicator cover off,[V] just goes to show, should have done the preflight 5 times instead of 4. Just hopin this helps some one else to think of it next time.[^]Mark

[Brian]

Wasps an catch you out too Mark. You would not think that so small a hole could hold a wasps nest.BrianYou never know how far you can go, till you get there !

[asra]

checking airspeed indicators are working should be in your pretakeoff checks....possibly when the nose wheel lifts..RRpm sufficient..Airspeed rising...engine rpm...Ts and Ps.

[birdy]

I musterd for a couple o munths a few years back, with a wasp nest in the ASI.Itd take bout a hour to reach 45k, and would still be do'n it while I was refuel'n.I'd only remember to clean it out AFTER TO, and its too late by then.Ignorance is bliss............but only till you realise you were.You can always get the answer you want, if you ask enough experts.

[Brian]

Till the last couple of weeks,its been pretty easy to chech the ASI as its been reading 20 knots or so for weeks just sitting there during preflight. I usually do a quick instrument check once the rotors get 100 or so revs then not until I'm clear of obstacles after takeoff [just in case I see something I dont like ] like been working away for a couple of hours when suddenly in the corner of your eye you see the volt meter at 11.5 volts and start to wonder how long its going to be before the fuel pump decides to call it quits and how far it is back to base and how little you can talk on the UHF without using any power.BrianYou never know how far you can go, till you get there !