Hot dogging is fine if... both pilots agree ahead of time to "perform", and they are capable experienced pilots. The down side is, or may be, that there is a chance that you might intimidate or scare off a new guy to aerotow, who only walks up and see's a 46% Ultimate go vertical with a 2 meter in tow. Did it last year at JR myself. (By prior arrangement with the glider pilot) Incessant hot dogging for the sake of showing off adds little value to any event, and while I am guilty myself of once in a while having a little fun, the majority of scale flyers have no desire to risk their 3-5 k 1/3 scale planes doing stupid stuff, indeed a scale tow is a thing of beauty. I have come to believe we have to set an example for everyone and tow within the limits of the pilots abilities and the desires of the person being towed. Some vintage sailplanes won't tow at higher speeds and need sensible pilots to tow them. That said, at a busy event there is economy in steep tows, remembering that to go up steeply at full or high throttle decreases forward speed and converts speed into altitude. There is no doubt in my mind if full scale pilots could climb quickly and steeply, they would without hesitation, it is economy of time, fuel, and physical stress on airframes. Matching tow planes to gliders by size is not a bad idea either. Keep it safe.
JD Endless Mountain Models http://www.scalesoaring.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Dr Danny C Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 8:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [RCSE] JR Aerotow > > Who care's if it's scale!!!! > > It is more fun having the tow plane do roll's one way while you do > opposite roll's > and It's even more fun doing an inverted aero tow with the glider and > the tug anyway .......( If you ask Johnny real nice he will let you do > just that) > Really, if you hang the glider behind the tug on tow there is less chance > for the glider pilot to do something stupid....well....even that depends > on the pilot... ;^) > > Dr. Danny Williams > Colorado Springs, CO > RMSA > http://www.rmsadenver.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > But it's not scale. > > Chuck Anderson > > At 10:39 AM 5/31/2005, you wrote: > >And it's much easier to see... 8-) > >Jim > >(Nats 2004 graduate of the Johnny Berlin school of vertical towing while > > >tug is rolling) > >>At 10:08 AM 5/31/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Vertical tow doesn't put anywhere near the stress on a plane that a > winch > >>launch does. > >Jim > >Downers Grove, IL > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note > that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format > with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and > AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
