Only reason I ask is that when I did renewal a couple years back I stopped in front of the hangar and cut engine only because i was flying out again as soon as I finished paperwork with examiner. After We finished I told him to leave doors open so i can "pull in" when I get back. He said if I had pulled in after the test he would have failed me.
Situation as follows.
hangar is completely sterile (ie no crap, just plane and sometimes my car)
it has 1.5 meter clearance on each side of wings and 3 meters front and back
concrete floors
HUGE gradient to get into hangar (this is main reason I taxi in as it is impossible to man handle it in alone)
I understand the safety aspects of lookout, prop clear, not blowing dust into hangars etc, but other than denting a wing on way in why the huge issue with taxi into hangars? My hangar is far too big for the plane (but was built that way to allow taxi in as single ops are almost impossible given gradient) Obviously communal hangars would not work.
PS
I never do it with the RV as it easy to move around and I have to get out to open the hangar and it full of my RC crap and viz over nose not great.... Having said that I have never felt like it was a problem with the other aerie? Just curious.
Only reason I can up with is that if you dent the wing you look like an ASS...
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