On Jan 31, 1:52*pm, Ricardo wrote:
Hello guys.
First of all, sorry for my poor English. *I´m postng here because I
feel this place open minded enough to handle these kind of questions.
I notice some of you knows well or even owns Woodstocks. Yes, Maupin’s
home made super cool wooden glider. You know, I´m going to start
building one. Found this guy selling a never used original set of
plans. I have the tools, the space, time and skills for doing it. Why
not? Used to fly wooden birds for all my glider pilot *time…
Problem is I’m living in a place with no glider clubs or *tow planes
( nearest tow plane: 1000 km ) and Woodies and winches doesn’t mix.
But we have some ultralights and trikes around here. Do you think a
trike with a Rotax 912 will do the job? *Will I have to build a tow
plane too?
Please, don’t try to make me deviate from my plans and buy some used
motorglider. Such things are really expensive around here.
All the best
Ricardo

Ricardo,
first of all: no need to appologize - your english is great!
I agree with Dan and Todd that a light glider can be towed with a
trike or ultralight. However, I question your statement 'Woodies and
winches don't mix'. If your wooden glider can pull +2g or more and has
a CG hook, you are on the safe side of winching. Look back in history:
the WW-2 era SG-38 were winched regularly. Hanggliders are being
winched successfully all the time. And there is always the option of
auto-towing for you, which is probably the cheapes way of getting off
the ground, if you got the space (don't know where you live).
Uli Neumann