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Title: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: Wolfala on February 12, 2012, 02:30:12 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-LNT0GzRT0&feature=youtube_gdata_player (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-LNT0GzRT0&feature=youtube_gdata_player)

Safety tip, TKS is slippery
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: Dago on February 12, 2012, 02:53:20 PM
Is that pilot a plumber?
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: RTHolmes on February 12, 2012, 03:14:13 PM
ouch! you ok?
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: Butcher on February 12, 2012, 03:30:43 PM
ouch! you ok?

He Died.
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: F22RaptorDude on February 12, 2012, 03:36:58 PM
He Died.

:lol
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: Devil 505 on February 12, 2012, 03:40:36 PM
The FAA rules that the incident was caused by "pilot error".
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: Wolfala on February 12, 2012, 03:49:38 PM
ouch! you ok?

Yea i'm fine. I use the bucket as a step to turn the camera on and off. Lucky it was there to take some of the fall energy.
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: B4Buster on February 12, 2012, 04:27:05 PM
LOLOLOL! How many times have you done that, and not captured it on film?  :devil
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: homersipes on February 12, 2012, 04:58:28 PM
tuck and roll method to avoid groundfire :lol I have done that before getting out of my work truck
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: mechanic on February 12, 2012, 05:06:12 PM
ouch
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: steely07 on February 12, 2012, 05:48:51 PM
ow, that looked painful :(
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: wil3ur on February 12, 2012, 05:51:16 PM
LOL HAHAHA!

I was expecting something completely different there.   :rofl
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: MK-84 on February 12, 2012, 06:03:50 PM
Ouch, glad you're ok :aok

now since you're ok...
 :rofl
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: MachFly on February 12, 2012, 06:33:24 PM
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Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: wil3ur on February 12, 2012, 07:18:01 PM
Throw a tarp over the wing?
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: Shuffler on February 12, 2012, 09:27:10 PM
Holy cow.... could have been bad. Glad you're ok.
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: colmbo on February 12, 2012, 09:33:00 PM
There is nothing, absolutely nothing, more dangerous than simply walking around an aircraft on the ground.
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: xNOVAx on February 12, 2012, 10:12:32 PM
Ouch man.. Glad you're ok!
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: MachFly on February 12, 2012, 11:34:09 PM
Throw a tarp over the wing?

Wont the tarp slip off as soon as I get on it?
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: Wolfala on February 12, 2012, 11:40:02 PM
BTW, how do you get into the Cirrus when when the wings are covered in ice?

See in the 20 & the 40 it was not a problem because you would get in from the front of the wing, but on the 42 since the blades are in the way you have to get in though the back of the wing (just like on the Cirrus).
When I get out to the airport for an early flying, in the winter the wings are covered in ice. Normally the first thing I do is take off the canopy cover (in order to be able to get in) while standing on the supper slippery frozen wing, and that's not very safe. Technically I can de-ice the wing first but that would be a waist of time, normally I just do the pre-flight and taxi to the de-ice pad, and they do everything for me.
So would you happen to have some special method of getting into the airplane safely without de-icing the wing?

I have wing covers for frost snow and ice. Failing that, heated type 1 deice fluid. Just back from hospital, cracked rib.
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: MachFly on February 12, 2012, 11:55:44 PM
I have wing covers for frost snow and ice. 

So you put them on the wing overnight, or do you put them on the iced wing and somehow it does not slide?


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Just back from hospital, cracked rib.

Ouch, thought you said you were ok?
Well, get better.
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: Masherbrum on February 12, 2012, 11:58:05 PM
I have wing covers for frost snow and ice. Failing that, heated type 1 deice fluid. Just back from hospital, cracked rib.

Ouch man!    It looked painful when you went down.    I hope you get on the mend soon.   :cheers:
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: Wolfala on February 12, 2012, 11:59:58 PM
So you put them on the wing overnight, or do you put them on the iced wing and somehow it does not slide?




Ouch, thought you said you were ok?
Well, get better.


Its like a canopy cover, except for the wings. They just stay covered till i'm out at the field.
I was ok but went to the ER just for peace of mind. Surprise surprise
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: MachFly on February 13, 2012, 12:04:31 AM

Its like a canopy cover, except for the wings. They just stay covered till i'm out at the field.

Since it's not my plane that would not work for me. But I'll bring up that idea to them and maybe they'll do it. So far they already agreed about my idea of tying down the airplane differently, I'll tell you about that some other time.

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I was ok but went to the ER just for peace of mind. Surprise surprise

Can you still do your daily tasks like that?
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: Tupac on February 13, 2012, 12:07:08 AM
There is nothing, absolutely nothing, more dangerous than simply walking around an aircraft on the ground.

QFT glad you're ok Wolf.

I think I still have some diamond shaped scars on my forehead........
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: Wolfala on February 13, 2012, 08:10:57 AM
Since it's not my plane that would not work for me. But I'll bring up that idea to them and maybe they'll do it. So far they already agreed about my idea of tying down the airplane differently, I'll tell you about that some other time.

Can you still do your daily tasks like that?

I believe Bruce makes segmented canvas covers for the da42, but it's been awhile since I looked. They are very expensive so they might not go for it.
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: MachFly on February 13, 2012, 03:50:14 PM
I believe Bruce makes segmented canvas covers for the da42, but it's been awhile since I looked. They are very expensive so they might not go for it.

Will take a look, thanks.
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: Dichotomy on February 13, 2012, 03:54:42 PM
It'll be funny in a week :)

Glad it wasn't worse Wolf.  Cracked ribs SUCK!!!! 
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: FireDrgn on February 13, 2012, 05:21:15 PM
Is that pilot a plumber?

Its called workman cleavage.
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: Sonicblu on February 14, 2012, 08:45:14 PM
I see you have an OSHA approved step ladder. Lol

I know a drywall guy that screws two five gallon buckets together then walks on them by scooting them around on the edges.

Nice plane.

Glad your ok.
 :salute
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: 321BAR on February 14, 2012, 09:22:54 PM
hey wolf. whats this DCS game i see in your videos? looks cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHokKTCVdHA&feature=related
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: Wolfala on February 14, 2012, 10:31:42 PM
hey wolf. whats this DCS game i see in your videos? looks cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHokKTCVdHA&feature=related

Thats DCS A-10C
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: deSelys on February 15, 2012, 02:17:27 AM
Never understood why people jump out of perfectly good airplanes  :P

You should have PLFed the landing, though  ;)
Title: Re: How to exit a Cirrus in style
Post by: MachFly on March 09, 2012, 01:55:03 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-LNT0GzRT0&feature=youtube_gdata_player (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-LNT0GzRT0&feature=youtube_gdata_player)

Safety tip, TKS is slippery

Did the same thing today.

Was putting the canopy cover back on and stepped backwards to stretch it out. That hurt.