Q&A 207 - PILOTS dropping LIFT handles

[Jon K.]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I hope this isn't as easy to do as it looks, because if it is, this is going to be a disaster. It would be neat if there was a little clip-on thing you could attach the end of that handle to in order to prevent this.

From my experience at the NH kickoff, it is as easy as it looks. Teams will have to be very careful about this. I do wonder if it wouldn't make sense to have a retracting lanyard of some sort attached to the airship and the handle. I wonder if FIRST will look into ways of preventing this.