Return-Path: Received: from smtp3.gateway.net ([208.230.117.247]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 00:47:05 -0500 Received: from oemcomputer (1Cust114.tnt3.coeur-dalene.id.da.uu.net [63.15.161.114]) by smtp3.gateway.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id AAA17964 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 00:54:32 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <006001c04235$ecc35ca0$72a10f3f@oemcomputer> Reply-To: "dfs" Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com From: "dfs" To: "Lancair List" Subject: Flap asymmetry Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 21:54:48 -0800 X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Mike: Thanks for the words. I actually wrote the note about my experience with the flap pivot-pin to alert other 235 drivers to a potentially disasterous failure mode, but I guess buried in it was the idea that if something feels different than what you're used to - you should stop and check it out before further flight. I'm not all that sure it has anything to do with smarts - but it sure has a lot to do with self-preservation! It seems to me that if you feel something even a little bit strange with how your airplane reacts, relative to how it usually feels, it's only common sense to stop flying immediately and get to the bottom of it. Hoping the "strange" will go away of it's own accord is dangerous wishful thinking - and I can't think of one single time that wishful thinking screwed a nut back onto a bolt, or got rid of a load of water in your fuel, or etc. Obviously, the cause can be benign but why take the chance? Dan Schaefer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>