Whether or not positive action is required to maintain airspeed
depends on the trim; this will be different for nose and belly hooks. A
belly hook on some ( older ) gliders requires
nose down trim to balance the rope force.
JMF


At 11:31 15 June 2014, Bruce Hoult wrote:
On Sunday, June 15, 2014 6:09:22 PM UTC+12, 2G wrote:
PLEASE stop with the sanctimonious crap! I have done hundreds of
aerotows=
.. You need to lower the nose because you are in a climb attitude and
need
t=
o transition to a glide attitude. On your next tow note where the horizon
i=
s on the canopy and compare it to where it is after release at the same
air=
speed.

While the nose ends up lower, you don't lower the nose. The decrease in
air=
speed does that for you, and the movement of the stick is rearward, to
prev=
ent the nose falling through into a dive and again attaining the aerotow
ai=
rspeed.