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Old 11-14-2010 | 08:57 AM
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Default RE: the reason to install a kill switch


ORIGINAL: Tired Old Man

Simple fact. Those that feel electrical engine kill devices are needed will always find another reason to have one. Those that don't feel a need for them will not use them.

I have one way to shut off my car. From there only external means are possible. With a full scale aircraft I have two ways, cut the fuel or cut the mags. I have not found a way to make everything I do in life perfectly safe. If I had I would have never had a car or motorcycle accident, or cut myself, or burned myself, or tripped over an item on the ground, or fallen off of a skateboard... You get the point. I won't wear a helmet while skiing, snowboarding, riding a bicycle, or any other activity that did not require one while I was young.
So, what'd you do?
Get rid of the (electronic) ignition (kill) switch and rig a manual throttle override(trim) lever so's when you let off the gas at the end of a drive, the engine dies?
Ingenious.