So, would your idea work? I proved it would but all that heavy gear will be
pretty hard to get into a glider. Throwing out bits of toilet paper
probably works better. Hmmm, Lets see.....what would a toilet paper
dispensing machine look like...

Bill Daniels



Someone beat you to it. Ted Teach had a 1-26 with a toilet paper
dispensing mechanism in the turtledeck. It was a little trapdoor with a
cutting edge. Open the door and toilet paper unrolled into the
slipstream. Close the door and it severed the paper. Repeatedly opening
and closing the door supposedly dispensed tp chaff to be followed as a
thermal marker. Teach's 1-26 also had a reprofiled nose and canopy and
doors that enclosed the landing gear (retractable gear being against the
rules in 1-26 racing. Mark Connor later had this 1-26 and was undoing
all the "Teachisms" on it.


People in this sport tend to be inventive. Wierd, but inventive...