baron58y wrote:
Sorry, KM, I'm just too stupid to tell when you mean what you write and
when you don't. I'll try harder, I really will.

What?Jack, I think you and I are arguing about two different things
here.I took exeption to you questioning whether I had any
experience.Now I am gonna be honest with you, I dont have much
experience in soaring.I have about 450 hours of towing, and about 200
hours in sailplanes, half of which is in an ASW20 that I own.In
reference to Doug's post,and using my 20 as an example, I dont see how
I could pull 6Gs while on tow.Also, in reference to Dougs post, If a
tow pilot was losing pitch authority, why wouldnt he just pull the
release?I know I would, in fact, some tow pilots I know keep their free
hand on the release till they are through pattern altitude.Now Jack,
lets get back to this experience thing.I notice from your nickname that
you fly a Baron.And that you have to make sure everyone is aware of
this .Why dont you fly that Baron down to Atlanta and we can get into
the cockpit of my 737-800 and talk more about this experience thing.
Or better yet, lets just get back to the post that started this
thread.And the short answer is; Keep a week link in the cockpit of your
sailplane and use it, and two, a sailplane, given a pretty extreem (And
remote) scenario could cause damage to a tow plane.
I don't know if a sailplane can impose a 6000 lb load on a tow plane.
I have just enough experience towing to know it takes only a fraction
of that loading for the tow plane to run out of pitch control, and it
didn't take much experience to find that out.


Jack
Best Wishes, KMU