That seems to be standard operating procedure for hg.
It's standard operating procedure for ANY aircraft.
BUT...
- It's pretty much NEVER a good thing for an aircraft...
...to lose power on takeoff - despite what one continually hears from scum like Dennis Pagen, Peter Birren, Rooney, and damn near all Dragonfly drivers.
- A Hang Two doesn't deserve to have an arm broken in three places as punishment for a less than perfect launch and climbout.
- I don't give a rat's ass how perfect your launch and climbout is. You get hit by the wrong shit shortly after coming off the ground...
Dennis Pagen - 2005/01
Soon after lift-off the trike tug and I were hit by the mother of all thermals. Since I was much lighter, I rocketed up well above the tug, while the very experienced tug pilot, Neal Harris, said he was also lifted more than he had ever been in his heavy trike. I pulled in all the way, but could see that I wasn't going to come down unless something changed.
I hung on and resisted the tendency to roll to the side with as strong a roll input as I could, given that the bar was at my knees. I didn't want to release, because I was so close to the ground and I knew that the glider would be in a compromised attitude. In addition, there were hangars and trees on the left, which is the way the glider was tending.
...you are FUCKED. Mother Nature has this funny habit of taking options off the table every now and then - so it's a damn good idea to equip oneself with ones she has little or no control over.
- The decision of when to terminate a tow should be made by the PILOT...
http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=26870
weak links
Zack C - 2012/08/19 18:03
The decision of when to terminate a tow should be made by the pilot, not a piece of string.
...not a piece of string.
Prolly works for weak, weak links, too.
Anybody stupid enough to insist on weak, weak links at this point in our history deserves whatever the hell happens to him.
http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=16265
weaklinks
Kinsley Sykes - 2010/03/18 19:42:19 UTC
In the old threads there was a lot of info from a guy named Tad. Tad had a very strong opinion on weak link strength and it was a lot higher than most folks care for. I'd focus carefully on what folks who tow a lot have to say. Or Jim Rooney who is an excellent tug pilot. I tow with the "park provided" weak links. I think they are 130 pound Greenspot.
http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24846
Is this a joke ?
Kinsley Sykes - 2011/08/31 11:35:36 UTC
Well actually he didn't. But if you don't want to listen to the folks that actually know what they are talking about, go ahead.
Feel free to go the the tow park that Tad runs...
And I'm gonna feel nothing but unbridled joy WHEN it does. The gene pool is one of my top two or three causes.