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Vaughn wrote:
"Gary Boggs" wrote in message ... I think undoing the occasional knot in the rope is far safer than the possibility of getting tangled in the end of the rope. Is this practice used anywhere else in the world? Please give me some feedback. It would have to be a pretty wild "soft" release to result in a glider tangled in the tow rope. That said, I know of one nasty accident that resulted from the apparent failure of a glider pilot to confirm release. Our site always stressed that the glider must not move out of position until the glider pilot has visually confirmed rope release. But it is far harder to visually confirm release after a soft release because the ring tends to dangle out of sight below the glider's nose and there is no rope "snap" to observe. If that's the case, you're putting *a lot* of slack in the rope. You can always fly a bit off center just before release so the rope is more visible. The same technique works in slack line recovery too. ;-) Jeremy |
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