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Aerotow ropes: short or long, breakable or unbreakable?



 
 
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Old November 15th 13, 12:25 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Evan Ludeman[_4_]
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Default Aerotow ropes: short or long, breakable or unbreakable?

On Thursday, November 14, 2013 6:54:40 PM UTC-5, Dave Springford wrote:
Well... if you had a winch, that 100-300 ft rope break would occur while you still have 2000 ft of runway ahead of you - I like that option a whole lot better than the trees off the end of the runway whilst on aerotow.



Sorry, it's November and I just couldn't resist throwing the winch wrench into the discussion


I wish we had the space for winch launch! The undeniable advantage of a good tow plane is being able to operate out of a small airport.

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