Actully Andy has it right. The soft release genisis
is from a poorly designed
tow hook....and a service bulletin from Scheweizer.
The 2-33 is not a good
example of the gliders most of us fly today. So I
would not use this
method unless I was flying the glider that has the
service bulletin to comply
with.
Now I have seen the soft release go to a 'winch pull'
then push over. It
makes me a bit nervous when a glider pitchs up like
that.


The only value for reduced tension release is to protect
poorly
designed glider tow hooks. Like many things you learn
in 2-33's it
should be discarded when you fly a sailplane.

Andy



Jeff Banks