Fatal Towplane Accident 5-9-20

As well as our Pawnee, our club also operated a Scout for many years. It
had the same release system as our Pawnee, as described in Dave
Springfield's post below and in my earlier post.


At 00:50 12 May 2020, Dave Springford wrote:
Our Citabria has the release bowden cable routed up to the top of the
fusel=
age and comes out of the headliner just in front of the switch console
and
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forward to attach to the structural tube at the windscreen/wing root.
This=
places the cable directly above the throttle by about 18 inches at the
top=
of the window.

To release, raise your hand from the throttle to the cable and pull down
on=
the cable. You don't need to look for it or take your eyes off the sky.

We use a Tost release, so no special lever is required to overcome
release
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friction, a simple 5 lb pull will do it. =20

I have seen some Scouts with a lever mounted up top in an inverted
orientat=
ion, so you pull down and forward on the lever to actuate.