Kite Strings

A student died this we. He was surface towing by scooter with a forwarding pulley in the ground. https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3889/14508766445_bfd8ec0337_o.jpg My report is actually a bush telegraph. It was the 4th day of the initiation week. The instructor, operator was still a student (grade) fo...

Hi,
The french tow comittee told me they need 5daN for paragliders and 7daN for hanggliders to maintain a lockout.
A good release should dump the line under these values.

Tad,
have you some links about
- 1996/07/25 - Dave Farkas / Bill Bennett / Mike Del Signore
- 2005/09/03 - Gary Solomon / Arlan Birkett / Jeremiah Thompson

I already found http://m.ozreport.com/9.182.0 about Arlan and don't find the Guy Denney report as announced..
Nothing about Bill Benett..

Thx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvc31Qqy0Ww

Tad Eareckson wrote:I think the "lesson" here is not to blow tow "at the first sign of trouble"

I won't say that ..but would be really more confortable to talk after looking at the videos..

The release was a GetOff (Joe Street) with the security correction like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/psucvollibre/9359186642/ https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2849/9359186642_f816c0c20f.jpg The weaklink was 90kg on the upper, so 156kg on the towline. It didn't break before the pilot release too ...

http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32824 Weaklink testing Hey, what the fuck !!?: Sure, the weaklink will break... if you don't hit the ground first... but it's going to be a seriously dramatic event when it does... which too may precipitate you flying into the ground. Weaklink breaks post lo...

GETOFF RELEASE Hi Antoine On http://www.nanoavionic.com/ you can see my new variant which has low actuation force. If you like I can send you the new spring. You can pull the big spring off with strong pliers or vise grips. The new spring you can install on the cable by starting at one end and turn...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAnxd7PL5O8
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Ecole deltaplane de Millau - 2013/06/26
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I take that, better than my english ..and parroting.
http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=118111#118111