On Thursday, November 14, 2013 6:54:40 PM UTC-5, Dave Springford wrote:
Well... if you had a winch, that 100-300 ft rope break would occur while you still have 2000 ft of runway ahead of you - I like that option a whole lot better than the trees off the end of the runway whilst on aerotow.



Sorry, it's November and I just couldn't resist throwing the winch wrench into the discussion

I wish we had the space for winch launch! The undeniable advantage of a good tow plane is being able to operate out of a small airport.

T8