Re: Jesus Nut

My dad told me of a "prank" he observed played on a fellow pilot 
candidate at Rucker back when I was in diapers..

This fellow candidate  had a pretty blatant reputation for not doing a 
thorough preflight when he wasnt being directly observed by the 
instructional staff... would just go out, get in, and crank it up and 
begin his flight.

Well, one of the instructors became aware of it, and placed a second 
"Jesus" nut over the top of the doorframe. Said candidate came out and 
fired up, warmed up, powered up... slammed his door shut which displaced 
 the nut (and getting the attention of the pilot). He shut it all down 
pretty quick when he saw the nut bounce off the pavement

Dave

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> A Jesus nut is the single nut at the top of the rotor mast that holds
> the rotor hub on.  If it comes loose, the rotor hub will separate from
> the mast and you and Jesus will get to have a talk.  As a general
> rule, you will always see a lot of safety wire around and through a
> Jesus nut.
>
> Dennis.
>
> "CoE" <centurion_o_evil REMOVE CAPS @mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Definition of a Jesus Nut???
>
>
>
> Dennis Hawkins
> n4mwd AT amsat DOT org (humans know what to do)
>
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