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Old September 12th 12, 09:45 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Peter Wyld[_2_]
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Default Secret Life of the Tow Rope

At 15:41 10 September 2012, Peter von Tresckow wrote:

"JohnDeRosa" wrote in message
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On Monday, September 10, 2012 10:33:12 AM UTC-5, JohnDeRosa wrote:
The slow motion part was sychedelic! I want to see "boxing the wake"!


psychedelic of course.


Hmmm that could be fun. I'm thinking of adding some small stabilizing
device
(cardboard fins?) next time I try this.

Pete




Many (30+) years ago, a photographer at Booker thought it would be good to
take pictures of a K13 on tow, from straight ahead (the tow rope). So he
fashioned a Styrofoam box - with stabilising fins - to house a motordrive
Nikon and attached this to the tow rope. The compbination took off, did its
stuff and came back - without the styrofoam box and the camera. It hasn't
(AFAIAA) been found yet!
A much less expensive exercise nowadays with cheap digital keyring cameras
etc.!