Help!

At 01:18 25 October 2005, Btiz wrote:
so which one is operating downwind.. the tow plane
landing or the combined
take off
BT

Fair question-

And I must add the caveat that the runway slopes slightly
downhilll from the end that tows generally take place.

Having said that...Parowan generally has light(less
then 10 mph winds from N, W, or S)...so factoring in
the slope, either the tow takes place downhill with
a tailwind, or the towplane lands with a taillwind,
or either with a crosswind...up to 10mph.

Moving on to another of my favorite questions on this
issue...

What is the point of dropping a rope...surely not to
save money?
Anytime spent flying about during a rope drop is surely
negated by that fact ropes are dirt cheap and could
be replaced every 100 tows and still come out ahead....this
subject I sorely wish to hear more on.