TOST Release
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- March 17, 2021
In wintertime, we receive many customer releases from all over the world every day for overhaul. So, what does it take to overhaul a tow release?
Register the Release
The first step is to register them by release type, serial number, special features like release lever type, special external levers or brackets, mounting bolts, the position of the lever on the semi-circular (we call it segment),
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- March 03, 2021
Editors Note: Tost has been manufacturing sailplane tow releases since 1952. Their releases are a worldwide standard known for safe gliding launches. More than 73,000 have been produced. Tost uses only precision components: hook, segment, housing, ring cage, and release lever. We are fortunate to have Susanne Dupont as our guest author. Susanne's grandmother Anneliese co-founded Tost G.M.B.H in 1945.
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- August 03, 2016
Sounds like something your Mom told you growing up. Unfortunately, some have forgotten that lesson.
I had a student pilot arrived from another soaring site and told me he just wanted to work on thermalling and did not need any help or supervision with the pre-flight as he was very familiar. Unfortunately, he was not. The Schweizer tow-hook was not freely moving, he didn't look, this is one item we
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- March 09, 2016
Glider pilots will spend $7,000 on a new flight computer without thinking about it. But do not want to spend $450 to replace their sun decayed belts. The ones that will be the last line of defense keeping you alive in an accident.
Most manufactures have a 12 year life. It will be clearly marked on the belts. If it is no longer marked it is assumed to be expired. The sailplane manufacture will also