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Lowest power tow
I believe the benchmark lowest power tow was by a 1600 VW powered D31
Turbulent, from the Tiger Club at Redhill, UK, in the 1960's. A 15m Slingsby Dart was the victim. The tow was never repeated. At 19:09 19 January 2020, Frank Whiteley wrote: On Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 10:30:51 PM UTC-7, wro= te: What's the lowest power tow plane you've ever seen or towed by? An Examin= er of mine said his was a C150 with 100hp. I also once saw paperwork for an= 85hp Luscombe to tow. Essex & Suffolk GC had an Auster A5J and a Rollason Condor D.62C (130hp). = After a mishap with the Auster, the club acquired another Condor D.62A (100= hp). The A version only towed single seaters. I could see the stall warni= ng light going on and off in the Condor panels at times from the glider end= .. |
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On Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 12:30:51 AM UTC-5, wrote:
What's the lowest power tow plane you've ever seen or towed by? An Examiner of mine said his was a C150 with 100hp. I also once saw paperwork for an 85hp Luscombe to tow. I once took a tow in my HP-14 behind a Citabria or Luscombe. I don't know the horsepower - that plane had a tow hook mostly for use towing banners. It was a wild windy wave day and the tow seemed to take forever as I was using full-control-deflections in all directions in the turbulence. After release at 4000 AGL or so I hit consistent sink and beat the towplane back to the airport. |
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I don't know where it falls on this spectrum, but I had a tow behind a
Tiger Moth... and I was in a Slingsby Capstan (a heavy wooden two seater). I was puzzled to be briefed about a farm in a wood on the horizon. We went round it! |
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After launching behind a 260hp tug for most of my gliding, I’ve been towed by a 152/150hp recently, at first it felt slow, but fine once used to it.
When I was towed behind the 260hp again recently it felt like a rocket launch, funny how ones expectations can change. |
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Surely the Russian hot air balloon launch of a glider? Footage on
youtube. |
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On the topic of aerotow, I think it's not the net horsepower that matters. Rather, the remaining excess horsepower after moving and lifting the towplane, which can be quite sufficient if the towplane is light enough.
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Yes, but you gotta add in the drag of the glider too. Out tow pilot would rather tow a G103 than a 2-33 !
Cookie On Monday, January 20, 2020 at 3:01:59 AM UTC-5, Marton KSz wrote: On the topic of aerotow, I think it's not the net horsepower that matters. Rather, the remaining excess horsepower after moving and lifting the towplane, which can be quite sufficient if the towplane is light enough. |
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On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 17:19:40 -0800, Marton KSz wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZCM...=youtu.be&t=38 Yep, that's a trike ....and a Rubik R.,22 Gobe being towed, which has very similar performance to a 2/33 though it may be slightly lighter. -- Martin | martin at Gregorie | gregorie dot org |
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At 08:32 20 January 2020, Cookie wrote:
Yes, but you gotta add in the drag of the glider too. Out tow pilot would rather tow a G103 than a 2-33 ! Same with our Sedbergh on aerotow, which has been described by a towpilot as "it feels like towing an open parachute with a heavy duty boat anchor slung underneath"... |
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