In article . com,
JJ Sinclair wrote:

OK, you just landed at a deserted strip and called for an aero-
retrieve, but there's nobody around to run your wing.
Been there, done that, and it wasn't pretty! I put the right wing down
and aimed the fuselage 30 degrees left of runway heading, hooked up
the rope, climbed in and crossed my fingers! As expected, the drag
from the down wing swung the nose to the right, but I almost nailed a
runway light before aileron control kicked in and I was able to get
the right wing up. There's got to be a better way!

A solution that I've seen used a bit is to carry a large rubber sucker,
nearly the size of a plumbing plunger, and a piece of dowel/bambo/PVC pipe
of the appropriate length for your glider. When you need it you stick
the sucker under the wingtip and poke the support in. As you take off
the support either falls out (wood or bamboo are bio degradable) or
just dangles there till you get home.

This saves scouring the area for a suitable support for the wing. It has
its drawbacks though. The retrieve stories are much less interesting
than the ones that involve creative use of local resources.

We have this in the clubs Duo, but I've never used it. I get the student
to run the wing and leave them behind.

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Philip Plane _____
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Glider pilots have no visible means of support