Banner Towing

Dudley wrote:

Bad idea! Forget it. Special equipment, special crew, special
training, and
whatever you do, don't even THINK about trailing something out the
window of
a 172 to avoid all this :-))

So, the idea that he tie a couple of old sneakers and a bunch of tin
cans to the struts wouldn't work?

--
Peter

We've done some banner towing, and there's more to it than meets
the eye. An STC'd tow hook with quick release ($$), special banners
($$), ground crew ($$), and special techniques (Practice and more $$).
We use a 7-foot tall banner (biggest we could get) and it's barely
readable at 1000 feet. Not terribly practical at that altitude. The
drag is enormous, climb is poor and the engine gets plenty hot, with
near full power at 70 mph in a 150 hp Citabria. I had a better time
towing gliders.

Dan

"Peter R." wrote in message
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Dudley wrote:

Bad idea! Forget it. Special equipment, special crew, special
training, and
whatever you do, don't even THINK about trailing something out the
window of
a 172 to avoid all this :-))

So, the idea that he tie a couple of old sneakers and a bunch of tin
cans to the struts wouldn't work?

--
Peter

For some reason I can't shake this vision of something streaming out the
window and getting caught in the right horizontal stabilizer/elevator hinge
margin. Could make for a VERY interesting flight!!
Dudley Henriques

On Tue, 03 May 2005 22:57:32 GMT, "Dudley Henriques"
dhenriques@noware .net wrote:

For some reason I can't shake this vision of something streaming out the
window and getting caught in the right horizontal stabilizer/elevator hinge
margin. Could make for a VERY interesting flight!!

Maurice Kirk, who is trying to fly his L-4 Cub around the world,
thought he could jettison his empty gasoline jerry-jugs en route from
New Zealand to Australia. He let the first one stream back but
couldn't maneuver it past the flying wires on the tail.

Then he had the task of hauling it back in. His flight almost ended
right there.

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On Tue, 03 May 2005 22:57:32 GMT, "Dudley Henriques"
dhenriques@noware .net wrote:

For some reason I can't shake this vision of something streaming out the
window and getting caught in the right horizontal stabilizer/elevator
hinge
margin. Could make for a VERY interesting flight!!

Maurice Kirk, who is trying to fly his L-4 Cub around the world,
thought he could jettison his empty gasoline jerry-jugs en route from
New Zealand to Australia. He let the first one stream back but
couldn't maneuver it past the flying wires on the tail.

Then he had the task of hauling it back in. His flight almost ended
right there.

http://www.pipercubforum.com/l4world.htm


Segway?

Dudley Henriques