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Remember bungie foot towing and condo soaring?Comment on "Keel-fixed versus keel free: Spectrum 144: self-sustaining yaw-roll oscillations"
Lockouts on the old control bar towing were much more radical...and were before the days of any weak links. Scary stuff those lock-outs...especially if the release failed. Much easier to avoid nowadays, but still possible.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 "Keel-fixed versus keel free: Spectrum 144: self-sustaining yaw-roll oscillations"
...increase lift of the lower/inside wing). The style of towing they do most at Wallaby is called "center of mass towing." A V-Bridle attaches from t...cally, suffice it to say that Janet did a whole bunch of towing at Wallaby and thought it was...Comment on "Keel-fixed versus keel free: Spectrum 144: self-sustaining yaw-roll oscillations"
...;) Three additional points: 1) With aerotowing the towline is pulling you U...speed and in control. 3) Finally, with aerotowing the HG pilot decides when to...a like Wallaby) to a greater extent than truck towing from a road (but same as from...Comment on "Call to Action. Adding Spiral recovery Tasks to the Practical Test Standards (PTS)."
...ed to make changes in training and regulation and good sites were being shut down on a regular basis.because of changes and regulation aero towing truck towing and hang gliding have progres...