Good point.

I pride myself on being able to spot problems quickly. After two years, I've only had two incidents that should have been caught in a good pre-flight. The first was when I only had 10 or so flights and had repluged a servo and one pin had pushed back. My instructor read me the riot act. The second was just this week. I got to the field a little later than usual and as the wind starts kicking in around 9am, I was kind of in a hurry to get in the air. I had a couple club things I needed to address with the guys and then I was off and flying. Man, there was a lot of roll in the plane, must have kind of warped a wing leaving in in the car for a couple days. Man, the elevator is really touchy. What is going on, HOLLY S(*RT, I forgot to tighten down the wing bolts. I eased it back and got it down to a smooth landing. One bolt was out about 1/8" and the other almost 3/8".

The moral of the story is that a good check list is only good if it is followed every time. I lucked out, but the story could have had quite a different ending. Even the plane you flew yesterday can go sour today without a good check out prior to flying. Especially if you get destracted from your routine before flying.

Don