On May 4, 11:44*am, Andy wrote:
On May 4, 8:15*am, Ron Ogden wrote:

What considerations affect a pilot flying a heavily ballasted glider
compared to an unballasted glider when dealing with a slack rope? I
appreciate your comments--Ron

You are probably more likely to break the rope in a botched recovery
but otherwise I don't see any difference. *Don't let slack develop, or
correct immediately at the first sign of slack developing. *I tow on a
CG hook and prefer to use airbrake rather than yaw to recover but very
seldom need to use them. *In my experience slack rope is more likely
in high tow when the glider is too high. *I prefer to tow as low as
possible to be clear above the wake.

It's been a long time since I towed in rotor and never did ballasted.
Frequent wave flyers may have other advice.

Andy

I prefer yaw to make coming tight of rope more gentle.
11000 glider flights without a broken rope.
UH