weak link
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May 21, 2020
Snatching Yourself Airborne: An Auto Tow Odyssey
Imagine a world where the club towplane is parked. Maybe the annual from hell, maybe you can’t find qualified tailwheel pilots, perhaps flying is restricted due to Coronavirus. You can’t afford a motor glider. You keep watching great soaring days go by. Suddenly you remember a paragraph from the
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February 18, 2016
In the USA we have a tradition to use a weaker rope to meet FAR 91.309. Polypropylene is probably the most common. However in Europe a heavier duty rope is more common.
At the JWGC 2005 I borrowed a rope from the glider owner (each pilot was required to bring their own rope), it had to be close to a 1 inch diameter and about 110 ft long. We tied small streamers to it so it could be found