RE: [aus-soaring] Aero Tow Initial Climb

[Garrity, Allan (Allan)** CTR **]

Brian,

I know different organisations have different rules and procedures, so
really what is the reason for going into the low tow and getting yourself
into a turbulance/slipstream/slack rope/possible rope break situation when
really there was no need?



OJ

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Wade [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 20 April 2001 8:06
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Aero Tow Initial Climb


The following snip from Mike Borgelt's post to the Weak Link thread caught
my
attention:

"Why would you want to manoeuver through the tug slipstream at an altitude
less
than that at which you can do a safe return to the runway?"

This afternoon I took a visiting BGA pilot in a Blanik on his first aero tow
launch.

He was doing quite well until, at about 300 ft, I had him commence the
transition
to low tow.  Shortly afterwards we hit a bit of turbulence and the
combination of
this and the slipstream gave him his first experience of recovering from an
out
of station and slack rope situation.

Had the additional strain that the recovery placed on the rope resulted in
break,
we would have had several options for a safe landing  - thanks to the fact
that
the transition occurred at a safe height.


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