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Old March 6th 07, 09:30 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Ian Strachan
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Default Low towing thought

On Mar 5, 3:50 pm, Martin Gregorie wrote:

when you release, do you just pull the bung in the low position
or do you pop up above the wake first?


If you release while still in low tow, aside from what happens to the
rope, how does the tuggie know that you have gone? Radio?

When tugging I have often wasted a few hundred feet of full-power
climb when the glider on the back has gone without either a mild
"twang" on the rope or a good visual indication by pulling up and
banking (from high tow) and seeing this in the tug's rear-view
mirror.

Ian Strachan
Lasham Tuggie