When I built my LT-40, I installed the radio switch so that it was OFF toward the front and ON toward the tail of the plane. A good friend of mine told be that was not KOOL because everyone knew front was ON. So I switched.

Went flying the other day and on landing I accidently swerved off the edge of the paved part of the field and through some new but relatively big green weeds. The little engine went to full throttle and it seemed I no longer had any control. The plane headed on and continued to mow green weeds until it found one too big even for the mighty .46. Still didn't kill the engine till we snuck up on it and pinched the fuel line.

Upon a quickly convened local NTSB investigation, we determined that the first green weed hit the switch and cause the radio to go dead. The question is: Should all planes with the switch in the position where OFF is toward the tail be grounded and the second question is: should my friend (initials RV) be banned from giving advice in a field (electrical) he obviously does not know a lot about?