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Old April 28th 09, 08:55 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Eric Greenwell
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Default Towing a single place glider trailer with a Ford Ranger or ChevyS-10

John Smith wrote:
A single seater in a decent trailer (like Cobra) can be towed with just
about *any* of todays cars. But this has been discussed before.

http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/uploads...a0411e.jpg.jpg


As incongruous as that looks, I suspect it's very stable. A very
important factor is the distance of the tow ball from the rear axle, and
that's about as short as it can get!

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