The ideal towplane?

On 10/29/2012 9:49 AM, Roel Baardman wrote:
Ideal for towing multiple gliders!

Until your insurance company finds out.

We used to ferry gliders to an encampment (about 100 nm) once or twice a
year on double tows behind a Birddog. We'd fly one on a standard 200 ft
rope and the other on a 300 ft rope - one in high to off to one side,
the other in low tow on the other side. It worked very well. One of our
members called the insurance company (Costello) to ask what they thought
about it. The answer was something like "well, we'd probably settle a
claim but we'd likely decline to renew your policy after the current
expiration". YMMV.

Tony "6N"


In this case, ASK-21 and Pilatus B4.
http://spekje.snt.utwente.nl/~roel/b4_dubbelsleep.jpg

Sad to hear. In NL double-tow is permitted by law when:
The tow-pilot has experience with double-tows.
The tow-plane can tow the sum of the glider's weights.
The glider pilots have at least 50 tows experience.

I must admit I haven't asked insurance about this.

Roel

On 10/29/2012 8:49 AM, Tony V wrote:
On 10/29/2012 9:49 AM, Roel Baardman wrote:
Ideal for towing multiple gliders!

Until your insurance company finds out.

We used to ferry gliders to an encampment (about 100 nm) once or twice a
year on double tows behind a Birddog. We'd fly one on a standard 200 ft
rope and the other on a 300 ft rope - one in high to off to one side,
the other in low tow on the other side. It worked very well. One of our
members called the insurance company (Costello) to ask what they thought
about it. The answer was something like "well, we'd probably settle a
claim but we'd likely decline to renew your policy after the current
expiration". YMMV.

Tony "6N"

Williams Soaring in Williams, CA, does it routinely, so I'm assuming
insurance is available from someone.

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