On 6 Jan 2004 05:38:04 -0800, (Andy Durbin)
wrote:


What should I do with my ASW 19? I had planned to transition my low
time wife to it but perhaps the risks are just too great. Is there an
approved forward hook modification?

Well... let me say it this way:

- if your wife has enough practice, she'll easily be able to do a safe
aerotow on the CG hook.
- in the begining of the year (with little practice), do a little
aerotow training on a nose hook ship (or even dual training)
- In my club there was not one situation in the last twenty years
where a glider climbed over the tow plane and lost sight. Not one.
Despite the fact that our DG-300 (40 hrs total required to fly it),
ASW-15/ASW-24 (70 hrs) and ASW-20 only had CG hooks.

The critical part is not the placement of the CG hook and the
resulting nose-up tendency - the problem is pilot training (this is
the cause why now these three aerotows on the nose hook are required).

Bye
Andreas