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Old 12-25-2007, 02:20 AM   #61 (permalink)
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I used to tow my 4m ASW 28 behind a pegasus. Talk about pulling vertical, I used to have to tell the tow guy to slow down all the time. He would just fly with the Left stick pinned to the top of the transmitter, I thought I was going to fold my wings a couple of times.
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Old 05-27-2008, 05:48 AM   #62 (permalink)
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What about a hangar 9 C182 with a G26 for a tug?
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Old 05-27-2008, 07:51 AM   #63 (permalink)
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i would imagine it would work.. and look good doing it! just mount the tow point at the trailing edge on top and it should work, keep us posted.
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Or what about the new Ag-wagon/husky/Cessna 188 what ever you guys like to call it with a DA-50 in it...if so where would you put the tow line? on top or underneath? I would imagine the towline on top would create a nose up problem, being so far away from the center line of the wing?
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Not sure what model you are talking about, however for that style you should use a yoke type tow line. The attachment points would be at the trailing edge of the wing and in the middle of the fuse sides (one each side). The yoke needs to be long enough to run over the top of the horizontal stab and clear the rudder befor joining the main tow line.
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i have a 120 inch agwagon with 5.8 sachs. tow hook behind pilots head, on top of cabin. alex
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It has been very interesting reading about your glider tug tales, here.

I have a 1/3 Super Cub 3w106 powered that I want to tow with. I have a setup that will work...

But, I am very interested in BANNER TOWING. Anyone have a compendium thread on that???
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Not sure what model you are talking about, however for that style you should use a yoke type tow line. The attachment points would be at the trailing edge of the wing and in the middle of the fuse sides (one each side). The yoke needs to be long enough to run over the top of the horizontal stab and clear the rudder befor joining the main tow line.

glad i read this.. can someone draw a diagram of the yoke set up, and where to release it from.. im building my kmp husky to tow my ventus, and it has counter balanced tail surfaces,, last thing i want is a string stuck inthe surface.. thanks in advance,.. or a picture if some one is useing that setup would be prefect..
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man im getting hyped to try this!, im reading all i can able rc towing.. and theres a bit differnt then full scale for sure..
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man im getting hyped to try this!, im reading all i can able rc towing.. and theres a bit differnt then full scale for sure..
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We just got this going a couple of weekends ago, I'm having an absolute blast! So far I've only flown the tow plane but I have a 102" Ventus from CMP (it was cheap) to get some sailplane time in as well.
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got a wilga i am working on(slowly) at 12 ft. any body got a full size that they can have a look at ? need a bit of info on the le slat. alex
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We just got this going a couple of weekends ago, I'm having an absolute blast! So far I've only flown the tow plane but I have a 102" Ventus from CMP (it was cheap) to get some sailplane time in as well.

check out my 'first scale project ' thread in sailplane forum,, post your stuff there as well, mine should come in tomarrow. theres a great review on rcg.

thats ba big arse towplane haha, sr tele?
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