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Old April 26th 17, 10:56 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan Marotta
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Default Tow Plane Upsets......

....And the pitch rate is very high in a kiting incident. The tuggie can
be at full back stick and no longer in control quicker than he can
recognize and act.

On 4/26/2017 3:31 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 2:45:05 PM UTC-4, Jonathon May wrote:
At 17:49 26 April 2017, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 10:30:05 AM UTC-7, George Haeh wrote:
Well yes, we really don't want to go to extreme attitudes...
I definitely agree that we should teach recognition and remediation.

But I also think that the main point here is that a true kiting incident

is
a divergent condition such that, once established, can easily escalate at

a
rate beyond human control. So we have to be careful about how we teach

it.
--Bob K.

I'm not a power/ tow pilot so this could be rubbish,but
Could an alarm be fitted at 90%back stick just to remind tug pilots just
how
much up elevator they are using to prevent gradually drifting into a
potential
dangerous situation from which there will be no escape.

I doubt most of us need an alarm to know we're pulling that much.
UH


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Dan, 5J