In article ,
Brian Case wrote:
small correction, I wasn't suggesting yawing the airplane to slow it
down and take out the slack. What I was saying is if you move off to
the side when the slack comes out it will automatically yaw the
towplane and a nose hook equipped glider. No timing required just stay
out to the side.

Brian


Thank you, Brian. A subtle but important distinction...being out
to the side clearly means the slack is taken out with quite a bit
less "snappiness." And this is a different dampening than the
yaw of the glider and tug when the line comes taut. Excellent!