<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Nice... Perhaps a label with bold red text on a white label that reads stuck on the battery tray that reads simply, "SWABBS" - Secure Wing and Ailerons Before Battery Secured</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Sorry, retired Navy coming out of me... But it would work... LOL</SPAN></div>
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<DIV>Don't feel too badly, it has happened to all of us.
<DIV>Years ago, attending my very first Nats, I was at the practice field with my (then) new Olympian. Took it apart and realized that wing retainer O-ring was still just flopping around in the fuse…never installed it. Lucky, lucky, lucky!</DIV>
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<DIV>Wings, Ailerons, Battery secured. Write those four words somewhere on the plane so you can see them.</DIV>
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<DIV>John</DIV>
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<DIV>On Aug 29, 2013, at 8:30 AM, Larry Diamond <<A href="mailto:ldiamond@diamondrc.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:ldiamond@diamondrc.com">ldiamond@diamondrc.com</A>> wrote:</DIV><BR class=yiv1984926808Apple-interchange-newline>
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<DIV>I had the best practice flight yesterday which made me feel like I could actually fly the Intermediate Sequence with justice... ;-)</DIV>
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<DIV>Nobody was at the field when I got there. After getting the plane set up, an older gentleman drove up to pick up an umbrella he forgot.</DIV>
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<DIV>He saw my 2M Monolog and had a big grin on his face. He had never seen a Pattern Plane let alone see one fly. He said he was willing to stick around and watch if I was going to.</DIV>
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<DIV>With a big smile on my face at this point, I asked for his assistance. I explained I needed somebody to call for me because I don't have the sequence memorized. He was initially nervous and quickly calmed down when I explained how he could call for me and what he needed to do, and if he messed up it was no problem and no worries.</DIV>
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<DIV>Needless to say he was amazed watching the Monolog fly. I was amazed as I was thinking this is the flight that should be judged at a contest as it might be awhile before I repeat it. I flew slower to help give him time and for me some practice on a slower flight. Bang, it helped. He did a great job calling !!!!!</DIV>
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<DIV>I finally landed and thanked him for his assistance and looking forward to meeting up with him again this weekend at the field.</DIV>
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<DIV>He left and I set to pack the plane up. I took off the Canopy and removed the batteries. One by one I removed the wings next, placing each one in it's appropriate wing bag. What a great day !!!!!</DIV>
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<DIV>Then I was overwhelmed with an adrenaline rush... What just happened...? What did I do...? <SPAN id=yiv1984926808misspell-2>OMG</SPAN>, I didn't just do that...!!!!!!!</DIV>
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<DIV>I suddenly realized I didn't remove the <SPAN id=yiv1984926808misspell-3>rubber-bands</SPAN> that held the 2M Monolog wings on... Why you ask? Because I never put them on before the flight... I flew it with out the wings being secured. </DIV>
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<DIV>Note to self... "Make some kind of "Remove Before Flight" red ribbon flag to remind me to put the <SPAN id=yiv1984926808misspell-5>rubber-bands<VAR id=yiv1984926808yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN> on the wing restraints..?</DIV>
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<DIV>Larry Diamond</DIV>
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