Hi Dick,
There a many ways to address the rule which, honestly, was left very very generic because of people's comments that we were requiring something i.e. the arming plug. The proposal simply states that "<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" times="" new="">Except when airborne, physically restrained or on the runway..." you must show that your aircraft is disarmed. How you chose to accomplish that is totally at your discretion. Note, you do not have to have your canopy off to show this. One way, and I</span>use this simply as an example, you could put a "restraining device" i.e. string, rope, etc. around your tail, tail wheel, wing, prop, vertical fin, etc that holds the plane still. This conforms to the proposal because the plane is now physically restrained. You are one of the smartest guys I know Dick and I know you could figure out a way without drilling holes, having canopies off or anything else to meet this. Everyone seems to think about what they do and not about others. Like I've said before as an example.....It's not me on the motorcycle riding 75mph down the interstate that I"m worried about, it's all the other trucks and cars around me that scare the crap out of me because they aren't paying attention. Everyone is safe in their own minds, including me. Accidents still happen, just as I described a few weeks ago to someone that lost a Vanquish, totally disarmed and sitting in the pits that had a wild E-plane go right through it thus destroying it. It wasn't the Vanquish's fault but the fault of someone else not being safe.
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