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In the non-contest environment, should we take up slack with the wings level, or with one wing on the ground?

On Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 7:54:18 AM UTC-4, PM wrote:
In the non-contest environment, should we take up slack with the wings level, or with one wing on the ground?

Rainy day trouble maker :-).

T8

It's snowing at my house 20 miles west of Moriarty...

As a tuggie, I like to take out slack quickly. I won't go until I see
the rudder wag or the wing runner's signal, or get a "Go" command from
the glider's radio. As a glider pilot, I feel the same way. It's a
pain to sit while the tug moves forward at 2 fps taking up 150' of
slack. Let's get some efficiency going.

On the other hand, it would not be pretty for the tug to takeoff before
the glider's ready! There must be some liveable middle ground, but I
don't know what it would be.

On 5/16/2015 6:22 AM, Tango Eight wrote:
On Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 7:54:18 AM UTC-4, PM wrote:
In the non-contest environment, should we take up slack with the wings level, or with one wing on the ground?
Rainy day trouble maker :-).

T8

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Dan Marotta

On Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 7:54:18 AM UTC-4, PM wrote:
In the non-contest environment, should we take up slack with the wings level, or with one wing on the ground?

Generally, "wing up" means everything is ready (pattern, glider, glider pilot).
Wing down is "WAIT"!

So, take up slack with wings level (or in our case, we rock the wings to take up slack, thus they're off the ground).