Ever get your fingers caught in the ailerons?

[gkrangers]

I'm sure its happened to most at one time or another, but anyone get caught (like in a 172) and do some damage to their fingers?

 

[epic!]

nothing more than a loud explative

 

[gkrangers]

nothing more than a loud explative

Me too, but that ******************** hurt. I'm glad I had my other hand holding the aileron up (so that my fingers wouldn't get crushed; it softened the blow) but my friend flung the other one up on the other side without checking...

Ow....

 

[epic!]

slamming your friends finger in the door on the 172 can be fun. i swear some of them have to be slammed harder than a prom date

 

[Lazy8]

slamming your friends finger in the door on the 172 can be fun. i swear some of them have to be slammed harder than a prom date

If you ever happen to get into the newer Cessna aircraft don't slam them. The door pin will snap like a twig. All you have to do is pull the inside door latch all the back and gentle pull the door toward you.

 

[avbug]

That's what you should be doing with the older Cessna doors, too.

 

[Lazy8]

Good point.

Which reminds me. They're not doors, they're hatches and the mechanisms inside aren't built to be abused by constant slamming. Just treat it like it was your own.

 

[nosehair]

slammed harder than a prom date

Eh,...I think he just wanted to use that line...

 

[MauleSkinner]

Eh,...I think he just wanted to use that line...

Well, the title of the thread just sounds dirty to start with

 

[gkrangers]

Well, the title of the thread just sounds dirty to start with

You spend too much time around airplanes.