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
|