On Sep 1, 6:01*pm, Todd wrote:
That approach is far too logical. Any rated glider pilot should be able to do that as it is a required PTS task. *But then, given the glider communities propensity to destroy gliders and kill them selves, logic and fact and a through understanding of the flight characteristics of our gliders may not be relevant (or desired).

The recent triple-fatality at the Greater Houston Soaring Club
involved a Lark. While the dolly was left on, I can't find a single
post in the RAS thread that said the CG would have been a major factor
in moving the CG too far aft. Though the NTSB only has a preliminary
report on it, one factor might have been that someone got on the radio
and called out "abort, abort, abort" when they saw the dolly hadn't
been removed. Both the towpilot and glider pilot (CFIG I think)
released the rope at around 75 feet. The Lark then spun in. One
wonders what might have happened if the radio call had been qualified
with "your tail dolly's on".