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Brian, I got the impression from your post of 2008/11/19 that you don't have a whole lot of resistance when it comes to the asking of obvious questions department. So I'm giving you this one as a present... Ask our resident self appointed spokesman for the "good people" how - seeing as how...

Brian, Here's some of the stuff I've got on my side so far - mostly or entirely... documentation: FAA FAR Part 91.309 USHPA SOP 12-02.10:B:5 Sailplane Pilots' Operating Handbooks Skyting Criteria - Group 2 - 07 Donnell Hewett - 2008/11/05 concession letter flight parks, tow operators, schools: Dynam...

Brian, OK, that was probably a dig against me. But I'm not sure how the "delusional" thing applies here. I've been doing some reading on sailplane towing lately - having accidental googled my way into parallel discussions. The density of intelligent life forms out there is definitely a lot...

Biran, NOW do ya see why: spade identification is such a critical part of the process; and that even if it sounds a little preemptive - I know these folk well enough after all these years to call them consistently and accurately? David, Don't worry, this is about the seventh or eighth time Marc has ...

So if you devour as much information on hang glider aerotowing as you can get your hands on, you start seeing patterns. 1. The number of weak link breaks that have positively affected safety for a halfway competent pilot who's been doing his job on the back end of the rope is ZERO. 2. Every single t...

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Flying Lobster

2007/12/02 17:42:39

...I've had enough, F%$k you too!

marc
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Flying Lobster

2008/04/21 23:54:28

This forum needs a dickhead release.
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1996/05/09 Steve Kinsley Personal opinion. While I don't know the circumstances of Frank's death and I am not an awesome tow type dude, I think tow releases, all of them, stink on ice. Reason: You need two hands to drive a hang glider. You 'specially need two hands if it starts to turn on tow. If yo...

P.P.S. Brian, > The first rule when trying to communicate with humans is: 1. You are trying to communicate with humans. < I have absolutely no interest in communicating with people like Cragin or JR. Try to find a record of either one of them saying ANYTHING accurate and of substance relevant to the...

Three authors since last post - one worth talking to... Brian, If you go back and read what I actually said... I was talking to Larry and the most negative thing I expressed to him was my disapproval of his lean towards continued use of dangerous noncompliant equipment over adapting stuff that actua...

> 2005/08/31 Oz Report 9.180 Near Fatality Report It happened to me. Larry Bunner <LBunner> writes: I had a similar experience to Angelo's report about five years ago. I was aerotowing a Laminar on the light end of the weight range on a thermally day. Just after leaving the cart I started drifting r...

Yeah, it'll totally eliminate all the problems of spinnaker shackle releases (one of which killed Robin Strid in a totally predictable manner) - just like Tim Hinkel and I did years ago. But since this release is coming out of: **! LOOKOUT * MOUNTAIN * FLIGHT * PARK !** instead of as the result of y...

> jimrooney 2008/12/06 20:01:49 Don't ever pull a solo at full throttle... they will not be able to climb with you. You can tow them at 28mph and you'll still leave them in the dust... they just won't be able to climb with you... weaklinks will go left and right. < Yeah, the glider itself wouldn't h...

Damn. This one isn't gonna be quite as smoking gun as it was when I was working off of the recollections people had posted on the skysailingtowing forum three years ago. Unfortunately, this morning I remembered where to look for a source seven years closer to reality. In any case - we might as well ...

1999/05/28 14:00 Ridgely First day of operation of Highland Aerosports. WNW at 15 on the surface, smooth - straight down Runway 30. The wind is cranking as Sunny tries to help me load my glider on the cart for my first tow but the brackets won't accommodate my wheels so we have to pull them. I jokin...

If the weather's crappy enough people will read anything. Weak Link Flavors - Pros and Cons 1. Greenspot - 130 pound Let's put everyone on two point (pilot and glider) Spectra bridles to simplify things. If you wanna adjust for one point you can go with a bit more weight on a given strength. Nothing...

> http://www.sonomawings.com/archive/fl2003/florida.htm Vince Endter 2003/04/12 There were pilots constantly sinking out and landing back at Quest. I landed and got in line again. The third time I was behind a trike that seemed very under-powered or we were in constant sink. They took me over to the...

(Make that "and are".) Local one-size-fits-all self proclaimed expert on everything idiot tug pilot on Tost weak links: > Plastic links... "Manufactured by Bob" doesn't meet my criteria. They are not manufactured to tolerances. They're not "manufactured" at all... They ...

Marc, That question is ample evidence that this conversation is way way way out of your league (big surprise). You would do well to sit back, lurk, and try to learn something. But, against my better judgment, giving you the benefit of the doubt, and going back to Billy's First Book of Towing basics....

> RedBaron 2008/11/24 01:20:25 Brian, I don't know why you feel us bigger guys need to beef things up. Talked to Glen, he gave me permission to drop his name. He hooks to the tow line at an impressive 350 lb. He had a total of 1(!) unexpected weak link break out of all his tows. He knows nothing of ...

> I suspect that the expert tamdem pilot will subject the towline to low G since he knows what's he's doing even in mid-day conditions. < I don't buy this AT ALL. For starters this view is flatly contradicted by Jim's post of 2008/11/24 (yeah - for what that's worth). And like I said before... A fre...

Gary, What do you know... I'm an admirer of his too. Visited his birthplace and Merrion Square statue two and a half months ago in fact. In deference, I'll think it over. But I'm getting pretty tired of this pattern of people citing sources in complete agreement and support of my position and saying...

Janni, "To let go" is the slimeball tactic that folk like Jim, JR, Chris, Cragin, Marc, and others who often "participate" in these discussions use to declare victory and slink away, hoping that no one will notice the that their positions have crumbled beyond any hope of salvatio...

Steve,

No, I think they're great at dropping folk off in lift - if there's any left by the time they get done with all the relaunches.

Matthew,

I guess I could pick on Ayesha for a while... But Karen's so much easier to spell and I've got such good data on her.

I think I follow that. Having things configured such that you don't have to find and grab anything is a big plus but anything you can do to minimize travel is money in the bank. I can blow just by twisting my grip fore with no slide required. > Anyone who wants recommendations for their towing or tr...

> Tad Eareckson 2008/11/23 17:12:27 I have never launched with a release actuator farther away than four inches inboard of the port end of the basetube. At that range I was scared towing. After experiencing a real exciting lockout seven and a half years ago I decided the range was - indeed - WAY too...