Russia Sailplanes website

8 cylinders vs 4 cylinders
Tahoe vs Golf
USA vs the World
Diesel vs Gasoline

Does it seem like a longer than usual winter?

Liam Finley wrote:
(Mark James Boyd) wrote in message news:4035b4c5$1@darkstar...

A trailer+glider that requires a V8 truck to tow is different
from one I can tow with a 6 cylinder SUV. The weight is there,
and has other implications than just rigging...



WTF? I've owned two 600-lb 15m gliders, and I've never used more than
4 cylinders to tow them.

Perhaps you forgot to release the parking brake?

Maybe each poster should list his parameters at the start of a posting:

Typical towing speeds
Distance towed each year
Elevations towed over
Peak air temperatures while towing
Length of trip during towing (days, not distance)
Number of passengers and their luggage
Weight of trailer
Weight of tow vehicle

It'll bring some reality to the discussion when you realize one poster
tows his glider 50 miles to the gliderport at the start of the season
and back home at the end, while another is traveling 10,000 miles a
year, with his family and luggage for 3 weeks at a time, several times a
year.

I know, it won't be as much fun! It might let us figure out why there is
such a discrepancy in what is needed for an "adequate" tow vehicle.
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