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Old September 17th 06, 05:16 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
baron58y
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Default Are Weak Links really Necessary for Aero Tow?

KM wrote:

Are you just trying to be stupid?


Sorry, KM, I'm just too stupid to tell when you mean what you write and
when you don't. I'll try harder, I really will.


Doug wrote that a sailplane could impose a 6000 LB. load on the tail
of a towplane....


Jack, with all your experience towing, have YOU ever
seen such a thing?


I don't know if a sailplane can impose a 6000 lb load on a tow plane.
I have just enough experience towing to know it takes only a fraction
of that loading for the tow plane to run out of pitch control, and it
didn't take much experience to find that out.


Jack