I don't see why it wouldn't work at Moriarty. There's no degradation in
performance other than that pesky true airspeed thing (prop and wings)
and we have 7,000' x 75' to do your acceleration plus plenty of wind to
help with IAS. I keep trying to convince Renny to do it but, so far,
he's demurred.

Dan Marotta

On 11/1/2014 11:27 AM, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Dan Marotta wrote, On 11/1/2014 9:30 AM:
Have you seen the video of the LAK-17b FES self-launching? Just keep
the tail wheel on the ground.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0288vzCSHI

Dan Marotta

On 10/31/2014 11:26 PM, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Ramy wrote, On 10/31/2014 8:06 PM:
The one with the motor has one more option if he doesn't want to give
up too early, assuming he is near an airport he can also land and
relight if he is too low to start the engine.

Not an option in the "sustainer" context of this thread, unless there
is a tow plane there.

Would it work at the airports in the Moriarty area in the afternoon on
a contest day? :^( Probably not!

But true, in some situations, self-launching would be an option, and
some motorglider pilots do operate that way, even when they aren't in
a contest.