Round handles and square handles

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 29 Jan 2007, 22:27

The question I posed isthis

Does anyone know the "legend" as to why aircraft have wheel shaped gear handles and aerofoil shaped flap handles????

The minutae one aquires hanging out in airport bars

:roll:

Leif

gevers1 · Post by **gevers1** » 30 Jan 2007, 06:45

:think: mmm, something to do with flying in the dark? Or visual clues for the hard of thinking ...

calypso · Post by **calypso** » 30 Jan 2007, 08:20

Blind pilots!

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 30 Jan 2007, 17:08

LOL

The Legend says it was Beechcraft that first introduced the idea after several
early Bonanzas came to a sudden stop as they turned off the runway. The orginal Bonanzas has keyboard style switches for everything - apparently the
flaps and gear switches were placed next to each other and as people turn off the runways they would reach over without looking and presto chango! instant braking - so apparently the good folks a Wichita came up with the two shapes so when you reached over you would know what you were pulling.

Like I said the stuff you learn sitting around BSing in Airport Hotel bars

Leif

Jetset · Post by **Jetset** » 30 Jan 2007, 23:08

Apart from Scarebus, where the flap lever is like a gear lever handle.

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 30 Jan 2007, 23:19

Jetset wrote:Apart from Scarebus, where the flap lever is like a gear lever handle.

Or anything Russian where your lucky to have handles in the first place, usually its a piece of old parrot perch cellotaped to whats left of the handle.

Jetset · Post by **Jetset** » 30 Jan 2007, 23:23

VEGAS wrote:
Jetset wrote:Apart from Scarebus, where the flap lever is like a gear lever handle.
Or anything Russian where your lucky to have handles in the first place, usually its a piece of old parrot perch cellotaped to whats left of the handle.

.......and if your lucky part of the parrot to.