A very nasty "out of position" event but not kiting, the glider was never
enormously nose up. That was a particularly extreme example of the sort of
event I described in the very first of the series of tests we carried out.

At 16:25 22 February 2014, Iain Baker wrote:
For those who consider using a nose hook largely solves the
problem of kiting, I suggest watching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MkCnVYa3VY
It is a video of a pilot's second solo flight in a K13 with an aerotow
launch using the nose hook. The pilot is distracted when the
airbrakes open, he looks out at the airbrakes, closes/locks them
and when he looks forward again the tug is disappearing below the
nose. The glider pilot releases. This is at 90m agl.
The commentary and text (in French) gives some extra insight and
analysis. CRIS is the acronym for the French pre-flight checks.
I met the tug pilot some months after this incident - he said that it
was very fortunate that the glider pilot released so promptly as the
towplane was starting to be tipped. It was a big lesson learnt for
him personally, not least to keep a hand VERY close to the release.
Enlightening and interesting thread...