On Monday, January 20, 2020 at 10:32:11 AM UTC-5, AS wrote:
On Monday, January 20, 2020 at 10:16:52 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Monday, January 20, 2020 at 9:34:30 AM UTC-5, wrote:
"Is it time to design the sailplane towing version of the Dragonfly for when we run out of Pawnees? Be interesting to see what the soaring brain trust could come up with."

If only there was a way to get gliders in the air that didn't require dangerous and expensive rare airplanes... if only there was a "brain trust" elsewhere in the world we could look to for answers. Sigh... well it looks like we're alone with this mystery.

Giant rubber bands? Better yet a giant rubber band powered towplane.

How about a long string of sorts which we lay out along the field and tug on from the end or wind it up like on a fishing reel on steroids powered by something .... I can see it in mind now .... ;-)

Uli
'AS'

That is brilliant. We could attach a pulley that winds that string up to a motor then mount the motor/pulley arrangement in the belly of a glider and wind up into the sky.