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Old October 31st 05, 01:30 PM
Don Johnstone
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Default Drop the Tow Rope

At 12:06 31 October 2005, Andreas Maurer wrote:
On 30 Oct 2005 08:12:55 -0800, 'snoop' wrote:


But one question comes to mind. How does the group
feel about receiving
the whole rope at the glider end, in the event of a
rope break.


Not good.



That's the cause why the German gliding operation manual
*strictly*
dictates to have the weak link at the glider side of
the tow rope.

Or put a weak link at both ends to protect tug and
glider on the launch and protect the tug from a rope
catch on approach

Bye
Andreas