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Take-upReels on Towplanes
This subject has come up once again in our club. You might have
answered this question for me a year ago, but I have lost the info and I want to quote someone's facts and figures. What is the downside, other than cost, in using such a device? |
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Nyal wrote.What is the downside,
other than cost, in using such a device? Don't know of a down side, Nyle, but I know of a great big Positive side. I watched a tow rope catch the wing tip of a glider waiting to launch. Spun it around and the wing hit the pilot in the back. Only reason this pilot wasn't killed was because she was wearing a parachute which took the impact. Dangling ropes are dangerous. All the FBO's where I fly use take-up reels. JJ Sinclair |
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why was the pilot landing so close to a parked glider?
"JJ Sinclair" wrote in message ... Nyal wrote.What is the downside, other than cost, in using such a device? Don't know of a down side, Nyle, but I know of a great big Positive side. I watched a tow rope catch the wing tip of a glider waiting to launch. Spun it around and the wing hit the pilot in the back. Only reason this pilot wasn't killed was because she was wearing a parachute which took the impact. Dangling ropes are dangerous. All the FBO's where I fly use take-up reels. JJ Sinclair |
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why was the pilot landing so close to a parked glider? We were at the end of the runway, waiting out turn to be towed. We were off to the side, in the turn-around area, but too close to a dangling tow rope. No other place to go. A take-up reel would have prevented it. JJ Sinclair |
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"BTIZ" wrote in
news:Gf0fc.2032$432.1847@fed1read01: why was the pilot landing so close to a parked glider? "JJ Sinclair" wrote in message ... Nyal wrote.What is the downside, other than cost, in using such a device? Don't know of a down side, Nyle, but I know of a great big Positive side. I watched a tow rope catch the wing tip of a glider waiting to launch. Spun it around and the wing hit the pilot in the back. Only reason this pilot wasn't killed was because she was wearing a parachute which took the impact. Dangling ropes are dangerous. All the FBO's where I fly use take-up reels. JJ Sinclair Don't know about this incident, but one time while landing the tow plane I made my approach too low and sent the other club members scurrying from the oncoming rope. I didn't consider the cross-wind's effect on the tow rope. -- Roger Kelly to reply replace the IP address above with pyramidlife.com |
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....What is the downside,
other than cost, in using such a device? When the line is payed out, it's difficult to inspect the last 10 feet of rope where it goes into the fuselage. We (Greater Boston Soaring Club) had a break there once. We now have a regular inspection process where the access panels are removed. Tony V. -- All good things arrive unto them that wait - and don't die in the meantime. Mark Twain |
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why was the pilot landing so close to a parked glider?
We were at the end of the runway, waiting out turn to be towed. We were off to the side, in the turn-around area, but too close to a dangling tow rope. No other place to go. A take-up reel would have prevented it. JJ Sinclair So would honoring FAA designated hold lines, or the equivalent if not marked. BT |
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From a non-tug pilot saiplane pilot:
I can see the advantages of a take up reel that retracts the tow rope after release so it is stowed on board for descent and landing. However with the tow rope retracted, is there a higher incidence of ground loops on landing, say due to difficult crosswinds, where the presence of tow rope drag along the ground would have been useful in stabilising the aircraft directionally? Perhaps one of the experienced Pawnee tug pilots out there may have some view on this. Regards Roger Druce "Nyal Williams" wrote in message om... This subject has come up once again in our club. You might have answered this question for me a year ago, but I have lost the info and I want to quote someone's facts and figures. What is the downside, other than cost, in using such a device? |
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LOL. They never stopped me ground-looping.
Colin. "roger druce" wrote: From a non-tug pilot saiplane pilot: I can see the advantages of a take up reel that retracts the tow rope after release so it is stowed on board for descent and landing. However with the tow rope retracted, is there a higher incidence of ground loops on landing, say due to difficult crosswinds, where the presence of tow rope drag along the ground would have been useful in stabilising the aircraft directionally? Perhaps one of the experienced Pawnee tug pilots out there may have some view on this. Regards Roger Druce "Nyal Williams" wrote in message . com... This subject has come up once again in our club. You might have answered this question for me a year ago, but I have lost the info and I want to quote someone's facts and figures. What is the downside, other than cost, in using such a device? |
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unless the rope was snagged on something.. I don't think its enough drag to
slow down a ground loop... Pawnee Tow Pilot and not ground looped... yet.. BT "roger druce" wrote in message . .. From a non-tug pilot saiplane pilot: I can see the advantages of a take up reel that retracts the tow rope after release so it is stowed on board for descent and landing. However with the tow rope retracted, is there a higher incidence of ground loops on landing, say due to difficult crosswinds, where the presence of tow rope drag along the ground would have been useful in stabilising the aircraft directionally? Perhaps one of the experienced Pawnee tug pilots out there may have some view on this. Regards Roger Druce "Nyal Williams" wrote in message om... This subject has come up once again in our club. You might have answered this question for me a year ago, but I have lost the info and I want to quote someone's facts and figures. What is the downside, other than cost, in using such a device? |
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