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November 15th 13, 12:25 AM
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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. T8 
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November 15th 13, 12:44 AM
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Aerotow ropes: short or long, breakable or unbreakable?
What is small? We have 3000 ft fence to fence and use about 2500 for the launches. Typical heights 800-900 AGL in the summer, 1100-1200 in the winter. Best launch was 1600 AGL.
satellite image of the airport: http://goo.gl/maps/ngz44
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November 15th 13, 03:31 AM
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Aerotow ropes: short or long, breakable or unbreakable?
On Thursday, November 14, 2013 7:44:29 PM UTC-5, Dave Springford wrote:
What is small? We have 3000 ft fence to fence and use about 2500 for the launches. Typical heights 800-900 AGL in the summer, 1100-1200 in the winter. Best launch was 1600 AGL. http://www.airnav.com/airport/2B9 Evan Ludeman / T8
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November 15th 13, 03:39 AM
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Aerotow ropes: short or long, breakable or unbreakable?
That is small!
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