static this sucks, we should deprecate it

[BCS]

Hello Walter,

> That's why, for example, airplanes have things that must be
> removed before flight attached to big red flags that hang outside. You
> don't really want to find out after you're airborne that your pitot
> tubes still have the dust cap on!
> 

Or even better:

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/graphics/10-02000.jpg

the local airport added these to it's rentals after a few aborted takeoffs 
(from bugs in the tubes).