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August 4th 17, 11:59 PM
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On Friday, August 4, 2017 at 3:27:08 PM UTC-4, Papa3 wrote:
Nah. I think watching someone die attempting a self launch from the shortish grass field with an uphill run and a 50 foot high tension line at the end is/was enough of a reason. It's one thing to self-launch on a nice, paved, 5,000 foot runway. Another thing entirely to try it on a fairly constrained field. https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/Re...Final&IType=LA Erik Mann (P3) Eric, my ASH-31Mi will outclimb any regular tow plane with me in tow. It is actually far more safer for me to self launch than it is to take a tow. 
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