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Old July 12th 11, 05:41 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Andy[_1_]
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Default tow rope brake practice crash, what can we learn...

On Jul 11, 7:11*pm, Tony V wrote:
On 7/11/2011 10:05 PM, Tony V wrote:

Forgot point number 3. You can't just point the nose down and start your
turn back to the airport.


You have to wait until you have enough
airspeed to pull that off.


Why? If the simulated break is made at normal tow speed there is
sufficient speed to start the turn immediately.

Andy