Comment on "Keel-fixed versus keel free: Spectrum 144: self-sustaining yaw-roll oscillations"
...ns they must have loged 100's of thousands of safe tows. The methods have evolved some over the ye...Take a look at the above two HG parks and you can see the current methods. Many Youtube clips too...Comment on "Keel-fixed versus keel free: Spectrum 144: self-sustaining yaw-roll oscillations"
Cburg i remember the old towing methods.never liked the setup so i never did it? F...it wasnt for me. So now iam seeing the newer methods are vastly improved and i don...er.so what kind of saftey records are the new methods holding? Xc isint the pulling...Comment on "Keel-fixed versus keel free: Spectrum 144: self-sustaining yaw-roll oscillations"
The scary part was the old towing methods...no weak links, release failures, rope connected to the control bar, rope breaks=tumbles, and...LOCKOUTS....the only thing that ever put me in the hospital in 40 years of flying everything.Comment on "What degree of subtlety should we use to critique a pilot video who is demonstrating dangerous skills as cool?"
...hings can taken out of context and should be carefull. I like to take the best out of it all.as xc stated different applications desire diffrrent methods.please way in here guys . Co...Comment on "Keel-fixed versus keel free: Spectrum 144: self-sustaining yaw-roll oscillations"
Note that pilot attached methods (only some of which are actual center of mass towing concept invented by Donnell Hewett) have an adverse yaw force imposed when you shift to the s...Comment on "Keel-fixed versus keel free: Spectrum 144: self-sustaining yaw-roll oscillations"
...llip; Now towing is safe and fun…and lockout are almost unheard of and easily avoided and mitigated…compared to glider attached methods of old.