wrote:

What I'm finding interesting is the need to make fairly dramatic
motions of the controls as part of a cable break recovery. So again,
I'll flirt with the term aerobatic,

Last weekend I flew in the mountains. Conditions were rough and I had to
make fairly dramatic motions of the controls to keep the blue side up.
I'll log it as an aerobatic flight, then.

Even if you fail to observe the moment the rope breaks on aerotow, and
only become aware of it as you fail to maintain position behind the tow
plane,

Awareness and prompt reaction are indispensable to survive which
launches. A winch launch *is* dangerous, in the way as there is a very
small margin for errors and it asks for your full focus.

Stefan