BTIZ wrote:
Most motor gliders of the "Katana Extreme" variety do not have enough
"oomph" (HPower) to get a regular glider into the air. You may find that
some have done duty to tow ultralights aloft. Check out the USHGA web pages.

Most motorgliders (older types) do not have enough HP to get them selves
into the air on hot high days here in the mid-west. Although I do understand
that the DG808B does very well, but the Grob109 is very anemic. I've read
reports that the older DG400 was "doable" at a very poor climb rate.

BT

"Ray Lovinggood" wrote in message
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Who is using a motorglider as a tug? Please send details!

Your location. Country. Field surface, length, elevation,
temperatures.

What type of tug?

What gliders towed?

Good, bad, and ugly of using the motorglider.

Who insures? Costello, here in America, will not insure
a motorglider for towing.

Thanks,
Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA






Urban Air Samba and Lambada do quite well, apparently the Pipistrel Sinus is
also quite good.

One reason being that despite lower horesepower, they are flying in their noraml
operating speed range when towing. As opposed to many of the other types that
are right at the lower end of their speed range and have high induced drag at
towing speeds... They are 60 year newer designs than the Cubs for example, and
hence benefit from better efficiency too.