On Feb 7, 2012, at 12:14 PM, Raimo Toivio wrote:
> we are not contortionists ' we are pilots. At the age 50-100 it is a
> hard task to practise to be a contortionist ' pilot.
...fascinating topic...
Raimo...a couple of questions...
- When you say you are not a contortionist, are you saying
that...while sitting in the left seat cockpit...you either CANNOT, or
find it extremely difficult to, pull the rear of your window/door
inward if the rear shoot-bolt doesn't engage properly?...
- If so, what happens when you don't get a "green" lite?
- How often do you not get a "green" lite after latching your window/
door?
What I'm trying to understand is whether or not your window/door
installation was perfect or near perfect resulting in virtually 100%
engagement of rear shoot-bolt when latching and thus your warning lite
system merely gives you some peace of mind.
As mentioned previously, I feared that my rear shoot-bolts would NOT
engage properly UNLESS I was able to include some means of pulling the
rear of the window inward...and my little ergonomic investigation
showed me that if I installed a little tab on the window
frame...approximately in line with the CM "head rest"...this would do
the trick, without my needing to be a contortionist. This works for
both port and stbd windows as I, like others, do not want to depend on
a passenger to tell me if everything's aok.
(For the port window, I reach my right arm across my chest to pull the
tab inward while my left hand pushes the door handle forward...for the
stdb window, I reach my right arm behind the passenger's "head rest"
and pull inward while passenger [or I] push the door handle
forward...no contorting necessary...and whether I have a warning lite
system or not, I still anticipate going thru these motions when
securing the window/doors.)
Fred
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