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Old December 19th 20, 01:42 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Eric Greenwell[_4_]
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5Z wrote on 12/18/2020 9:07 PM:
On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 10:06:46 AM UTC-7, quietpilot wrote:
Our Tow pilots report the same thing. and it wouldn't capture that except as compared to the glider logs and timestamps.


Is there any way to measure the load on the tow hook? If a strain gauge could somehow be placed to measure the load, some smart logic could detect that a glider is no longer back there.
My guess is that a glider on to would always be putting a load of at least 40-50 lb when averaged over several seconds.

5Z

Charge the glider pilot for the height the towplane went to, and next time he takes a tow,
he'll remember to say "off tow".

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