Kite Strings

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Lift & Tug hard to lift and tug with no wind + heavy glider (atos VR #45kg..) + bad static balance + low hanging point on a big A-frame and a modern harness with a rail > quite tricky to do it in certain circumstances without getting in trouble (irregular wind) Seems to me that the alternative ...

Hi, sorry I didn't read the 28 pages but some.. If you mind, could you tell me which hook-in check gesture you recomend for special cases as: turbulent windy take off tandem (pilot & passenger) rigid wings large A-frame old shoulders Imagine a pilot alone on the take off. what do you expect exac...

- glider model and size ICARO MastR Medium 13.77 or Large 14.88 m² - estimated glider flying weight #120kg - separation altitude This pilot was the one with less experience with his glider and no much flight this year. He had tandem flights and a test before and had to release prevently. So this ti...

I miss opportunity to be aerotowed in my mountains but 2 months ago we spent 4 days teaching AT to 12 pilots in 2 points. All had 190kg weaklink (220kg on tug side). One of them oscillate and start to lockout. I said by radio : (time to) release , he did it (JoeStreet release), but 1ms too late.. th...

Something I don't understand..
4 strings mecanism is like 4 pulleys ? Why the ratio is not only 2*2*2*2 = 16 ?

Except in this case: The pilot and tow operator (Santos Mendoza) were using an experimental stationary winch system with a motorcycle engine and a launch dolly Which kind of release (lanyard) would you use in a 2 points low angle school towing with a foot launch to allow a release at any time withou...

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7070/6948550271_da081fa685_z.jpg Takeoff and turbulence are nonissues Pilots at take off or in turbulence often stand up by pushing on their base bar, so they change their pitch attitude and the length clamcleat-mouth.. that could be an untimely release factor.. I tes...

Thanks answering you said: And a guy whose glider I carried up the hill many scores of times died of that problem after just two career scooter tows. Could you tell me more, please ?.. Any comments on that : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt18jVpUNRQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt18jVpUNRQ We can...

His goal is to limit the student to push cause after that he said there is an oscillation hard to manage on tow side..