I typically take a 20-oz gatorade with me when I fly, and it makes a great aero-retrieve wing runner, slightly filled with water/gatorade/dirt. Prop one wing up on the bottle, tell pilot to go to full power with brakes on, then release. Wing comes off bottle, flies away. Learned this from John Lubon (JL) at my club (CCSC)

Frank (TA)


On Saturday, May 26, 2012 8:59:20 PM UTC-4, Boise Pilot wrote:
Gang,
These are great items. I donated a set - one for thick wing and thin
wing - to my club. They are kept in the club house and taken by the
towplane for aero retrieves. I, unfortunately, have had a chance to
use it on all kinds of surfaces and it works just as JJ describes.
Tom
Idaho




On May 26, 5:26*pm, JJ Sinclair wrote:
Several pilots have asked me to build them a copy of my WING-RUNNER. It assembles by inserting 2 pins and slips over your wing tip, held in place with good old duct tape (provided). Keeps the wing tip about 6" off the runway/grass/gravel/short weeds! Collapses to 8" X 2" X 2" for easy storage
Put it on the up-wind wing, climb in and hold full stick away from the down wing. The ship will roll straight as an arrow on main, tail and WING-RUNNER. You can't tell its on there (no yaw into the wheel can be noted) E-mail me for photos. $99.95 and I pay the shipping. * * *