The rudder waggle signal does not work

On Jul 23, 7:26*am, T8 wrote:
On Jul 23, 5:33*am, "



wrote:
I learned these in about lesson two of my training and have remembered
them ever since . * I teach these to my students and they seem to have
no trouble remembering. *It's not hard.

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The low tech solution wins out by far!

Cookie

Right. *And that part of the lesson might start out, "there are two
things the tow plane can signal you about, 1) something's wrong with
the tow plane, 2) something's wrong with your glider...."

This is simple as dirt.

-Evan Ludeman / T8

Love that way of thinking....makes it crystal clear...will use in
training from now on!


Cookie

I find it real easy, I just refuse to fly where there are no Aircraft
VHF radios in the tow planes, and the tow pilots know how to use them.
No problems on meaning of rudder waggle, to me it means "Ready to
commence Tow".

Real simple, real easy, really works. Many times when I was in
training I got behind a tow plane/pilot that was doing something I
certaintly didn't undderstand, like going downwind from the airport 5+
miles when it was howling, a simple radio transmission would have told
me he was "Looking for Lift" but in a L-13 he'd better take me an
extra 3,000 feet high to be sure I could get back! Since he didn't I
stasyed on till he finally came back to the airport area.

Oh, and for you sceptics on radios working, I always call the tow on
the grid to let him know who I am. If no answer, no flight until it's
remedied.

Wayne, The JayWalker