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.

 

[fastback]

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?

No, but I fell off the jetbridge again at work today.

 

[LR60BOY]

I've never gotten a finger caught however, I have had that nice Cessna aileron trailing edge diamond pattern tattooed on my forehead more than once.

 

[transampilot]

At my old school there was a guy who was doing a run around, instead of a walk around on a 172. He checked the tire and came up real fast, smashed his noggin on the lowered flap edge. He had to be taken to the emergency room for stitches, and they had to fix the flap.

 

[Fedora]

Some words of advice. Don't ever "slam" flight controls around. If that was a good idea, we wouldn't need gust locks. Most pilot's worst nightmares are loss of control or in flight fire. Please don't tease the tiger.

 

[pgcfii2002]

No, but I've gotten soaked with water when checking under the ailerons on a damp, dewey morning.