X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-m20.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.1] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.10) with ESMTP id 2178236 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:06:04 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.1; envelope-from=Lehanover@aol.com Received: from Lehanover@aol.com by imo-m20.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.2.) id q.cda.11e9e15a (42809) for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:05:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Lehanover@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:05:25 EDT Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Switch guards, switch locks, locking switches?? To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1184475925" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5366 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1184475925 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 7/14/2007 9:32:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, CBarber@TexasAttorney.net writes: Also, I was watching the Astronaut Farmer last night on PPV and saw the little hard wire loops that where installed next to the switches on each side of the individual switches in his space capsule and this reminded me of the ones NASA used to use....maybe still do. Donno. These seem to be just half circles that make grabbing the switch very deliberate and minimizes potential knocks. Finally, it seems as if I have seen bars held in by springs that lay across a series of switches to keep them in place. What say ye? Insight? Wisdom? Warnings? Observations? WAG's? Thanks. All the best, Chris Barber Houston There are switches that must be pulled out before they will move from one position to the next. Also the guard may be formed by cutting half circles from a narrow aluminum "U" channel. So both sides of the switch are protected. Then just a conventional switch may be used. There may be an AN drawing number for those guards. Lynn E. Hanover ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -------------------------------1184475925 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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All the best,

Chris Barber

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Lynn E. Hanover

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