Comments on: Oops!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 04:09:03 +0000

The chocks are roped together and you jerk them free after you throttle the engine back from start to idle. You can do it from inside the plane and take them with you if you are flying cross-country, or leave them behind if you are returning.

If you had attached a string to the can, you could have done the same thing .

Yes, Steve, the airplane was definitely pranged, and the pilot was lucky it didn’t destroy much on the ground.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 03:48:28 +0000

The problem with wheel chocks is that you start the engine, you get into the plane, and… uhm. Now what?

Same problem I had with the tin can solution for keeping my KLR-650 from taking a dirt nap on soft asphalt or sand. Okay, so I tossed the crushed aluminum can down there to keep the sidestand from post-holing, and that worked fine. But now I’m ready to go and… uhm, how do I get the tin can back up to me? LOL.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 03:30:58 +0000

That incident would be funny if it weren’t so damned stupid! And, lack of human injuries aside, the plane in that photo clearly took a beating. That approach to starting and taking off is clearly chock full of problems!