No more lost pencils?

[KJBSouth]

Flying under IFR we all make a practice of recording instructions from ATC, frequently with pencil and paper.
Pity the poor pilot who lost their pencil to the cabin floor and can?t retrieve it because the seat belt and shoulder harness are tight and the plane is flying through turbulence while ATC is issuing an amended route clearance.

With a 3D printer and pandemic idled hands I made a solution.

The blue double ended thingy sturdily clips onto both RV control sticks and standard sized pencils.

I?ve started giving them to other fumble fingered pilots.
You know who you are. Just ask the next time we see each other.

For RV deprived pilot friends, I also have a version that clips onto standard aviation chromalloy 3/4″ tubeing.

[N941WR]

The thought of a pencil dropping into the controls and jamming them, even with the witch's hat covering the opening, would keep me from using that.

I covered the top of my glair shield with a sheet of loop Velcro and put a little section of loop Velcro on my pen/pencil and it never gets lost.

[newt]

I've always had a 1" x 3" strip of hook velco on the cockpit sidewall, with a strip of felt velcro wrapped around the pencil.

Works for anything else that needs to be temporarily secured too.

- mark

[emsvitil]

I added a string so it was always attached to my kneeboard...............

[GalinHdz]

FWIW; I use a lanyard with a badge reel to hold my pencil or pen.



Always available, retracts when not in use and lots of them are given away at trade shows every year. I got the two I have for free at last years Sun-N-Fun. Works great, especially with a pen or mechanical pencil.

[BillL]

Input some under my tip up glare shield but have a heck of a time keeping the strip of velcro stuck to my pencils! I even tried a wrap of lacing tape.

[BobTurner]

Examiner gets in the plane (IFR check ride), notes that I have stashed about 20 ball point pens everywhere within reach (ash tray, floor, lap board, side pockets, etc.). Says, ?You must work for the government.? My theory: You can never have too many pens.

[74-07]

Nice job! Would love to have one. Yes, I am fumbled fingered!

[flysrv10]

Originally Posted by 74-07

Nice job! Would love to have one. Yes, I am fumbled fingered!

Me too. I would like two of them.

[David Carter]

I stuck a couple of these between the seats of my RV-7A just behind the fuel valve. They work perfectly.

https://amazon.com/gp/product/B005HTU46E