Gust lock pin

[Adrian West]

Hi. 

Just a very quick question today. I have seen on the checklists mention of a gust lock pin which you have to remove before setting up the plane, and which you have to insert when shutting down. Is this modelled by Carenado, and if so, where can I find it? I've hunted high and low but cannot find it anywhere. Thanks. 

Adrian 

[stinger2k2]

Hi Adrian,

 

The gust lock pin is in the rudder somewhere and is operated by an actuator, so one would assume from this that

there is a switch somewhere to operate the actuator or maually removing the pin actuates it. I read this accident report which gives an idea of what i is.

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2017/06/embraer-emb-505-phenom-300-c-gjol.html

Either way the fact that none of us are experiencing flight control problems even though we are not removing the

gust lock pin suggests that it hasn't been modelled by Carenado.

 

cheers

Stinger