tow rope handling

On Saturday, June 20, 2020 at 11:43:10 PM UTC-5, John Foster wrote:
On Saturday, June 20, 2020 at 10:06:48 PM UTC-6, 2G wrote:
On Saturday, June 20, 2020 at 7:41:44 PM UTC-7, wrote:
Not to mention the amount of time it takes to teach some lackadaisical ground Ops crew how to do it.

Explaining it to you would take a couple of hours: I would do it myself and be done in a minute.

I gotta agree with Tom here. This is really a pretty slick way of doing it. And it is really handy to store and transport a ball of tow rope instead of a cart/reel (not that a reel is difficult though). The only "difficult" part about it is that you have to pull the rope out from the center of the ball. If that is too hard to understand, you probably shouldn't be flying aircraft of any kind. And yes, it takes just as long to wind a tow rope up on a garden hose reel as it does to wind up a "monkey ball" of tow rope.

Ok, I've never tried to roll up 200' of rope onto my hand so I can't speak authoritatively so you tell me how long it takes. I have rolled up 200' of rope onto a hose reel probably 100 times and it takes about 30 seconds.

I will do anything to avoid having Tom explain anything for a couple of hours.

Explaining it to you would take a couple of hours: I would do it myself and be done in a minute.

On Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 5:55:59 AM UTC-7, wrote:
I will do anything to avoid having Tom explain anything for a couple of hours.

Explaining it to you would take a couple of hours: I would do it myself and be done in a minute.

....and 2 hours wouldn't be enough time for you.

A method that is reasonable simple is to just put the rope into a carrier

bag or canvas bag haphazardly , tie the last end to the bag handle , hook

it on your towplane and walk away, comes out without any knots . Proven
method that rock climbers use and the UK Fire Service use for storing their

ropes. Simple , easy to deploy and just chuck back in the bag , dont need a

truck or hosereel , easily portable. There will be those who say "that wont

work but like all gliding clubs there are lots of negative people. Try it
!!!!