ORIGINAL: a65l
I lost my first trainer to a reversed alieron servo, so I check travel direction:
1. during my range check
2. while I'm warming up the engine
3. while taxing out to the runway
4. just before I start my takeoff roll.
Paranoia..... or being carefull?
Andy
I'm doing almost that level of control system checks... and it saved the plane on the step 4 check last week. I was doing the final "wiggle the rudder before increaing throttle"... no wiggle. No throttle to turn off the engine... nothing. The battery connector had goten into the rudder servo arm and was pulled.
Check em 5 times... its still going to need another check some day...