On Friday, May 10, 2013 11:50:21 AM UTC-5, Bill D wrote:
On Friday, May 10, 2013 10:08:48 AM UTC-6, Tony wrote: if a 100 knot rope speed was required, any auto tow, payout or not, would be impossible. Not impossible, just not as safe as it could be. Those are German DAeC rules and you simply can't argue with their safety record.

sure but there are differences between auto and winch tow. notably that the rope is not getting shorter. any idea how the auto tow accident rate compares to winch? i don't recall ever reading about an auto tow accident but that is probably because its not very common.