On Sep 4, 5:49 pm, John Smith wrote:
schrieb:

frank, i usually do WET - Wind, Emergency plan, and Traffic while the
slack is coming out. while important, i can fly without them. i
would think that when doing auto or winch launching you would probably
want to have them done before hooking up. my only experience flying
or teaching is with aerotow.

W & T agreed, but emergency plan? You could fly without an emergency plan?

On the winch maybe, because the options are pretty straight forward and
no brainers, but if I had a rope brake during an aerotow shortly after
being airborne, I damned sure would want to have a complete emergency
plan handy.

yes, the glider will takeoff fine without an emergency plan. no it
will not necessarily takeoff fine with the canopy open, airbrakes out,
controls misrigged, ballast condition wrong etc.