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Old January 19th 20, 04:06 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Lowest power tow

On Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 12:30:51 AM UTC-5, wrote:
What's the lowest power tow plane you've ever seen or towed by? An Examiner of mine said his was a C150 with 100hp. I also once saw paperwork for an 85hp Luscombe to tow.


My club used to own a British-made Taylorcraft 'Auster'. It had an inverted inline four (or six? - can't remember) engine which seemed very underpowered. We soon switched to a 150HP Super-Cub, which made a huge difference.

Uli
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