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...If your wing is too fast for towing HG then it is VERY good think... A trike configured for towing not only needs to have plenty...id, it also requires that the towing pilot feel quite comfortable...point. In any case, the towing setup on your trike caught my...Comment on "EAA pushes for ultralight training reforms- Instructors plunge from 3,200 in '02 to FIFTY !!!???? More WTF"
XC, I think I did understand about the restriction in all axes. BTW, Steve Wendt at BlueSky HG has a really good setup for both scooter towing and truck platform towing. For beginners that huge WW condor wing is very nice and slow. See video near top of page on his website.Comment on "Keel-fixed versus keel free: Spectrum 144: self-sustaining yaw-roll oscillations"
...ville Texas invented “Skyting” all towing was attached to the glider. Professor Hewett dragged the rest of the towing community kicking and screami...urse he was absolutely correct… Now towing is safe and fun…and lo...Comment on "Keel-fixed versus keel free: Spectrum 144: self-sustaining yaw-roll oscillations"
...& @JamrCrow . I did one day of winch towing, and that was a blast as well...son last night I was semi-awake dreaming about towing, and the various releases- ch...development team. I have had so much fun towing in the relative safety we now...Comment on "Keel-fixed versus keel free: Spectrum 144: self-sustaining yaw-roll oscillations"
HI did alot of sailplane towing behind a stearman in the 70s. It looks to me that aerotowing in a hang glider is fundamentaly sim...es trailing edge wash. And their now towing hang gliders by the center of...te 70s and 80s i remember looking at towing but my instinks told me it ju...Comment on "EAA pushes for ultralight training reforms- Instructors plunge from 3,200 in '02 to FIFTY !!!???? More WTF"
Right on, Wayne! Winch towing should work just fine. Easy and straig...G pilot. Should not be too difficult for towing an engineless 2-seater to acq...s a very light trike frame (no engine) for aerotowing with his ATOS wing. But...Comment on "EAA pushes for ultralight training reforms- Instructors plunge from 3,200 in '02 to FIFTY !!!???? More WTF"
...easily graduated to single-place trikes without any problems. The towing was harder than the triking, but was quite similar. Center-of-mass towing while much safer, does not tr...- ...PIO…the wing is plenty stable. When towing a wing (pilot attached) the s...side-to-side creates an adverse yaw force, and towing can cause many new pilots to...s only a little in triking…but a lot in towing.
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Regarding Pilot attached towing, some are pilot attached only, some 1-to-1 with the keel, some 2-to-1 o...ugh every possible permutation has been tried over the past 50 years of towing.Comment on "Keel-fixed versus keel free: Spectrum 144: self-sustaining yaw-roll oscillations"
...that he was traveling around the country doing towing. I told him wow do you know...ttle did i know that they had greatly improved towing. Thanks all for the update. I...ocean for someone to find many years from now. Towing sounds awesome but I feel w...