VTAILJEFF@aol.com wrote:
"""
I have speedbrakes on my stick grip, no problemo! In the Navy we even had a
"gun" switch on the stick grip! (grin) Talk about inflight horror stories!

Jeff
"""

I guess I should have left the equipment list out of rule #1, as there are going to be differing opinions about  what might cause an "inflight horror story"....  with the speed brakes I imagine you would need to make that determination based on how effective they are in the lower airspeed regime.  When I was working with Bill M on his website one of the features he mentioned about his blade design was that they weren't very effective at airspeeds much less than 140-150kias.  Ostensibly this would mean that if you were low and slow (in the pattern) and happened to deploy the brakes accidentally they would have little, if any affect on the rate of sink.  If that is true, then their deployment at the wrong time couldn't result in an IHS so their switch could be considered a candidate for use on the stick.

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