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11-08-2008, 07:57 AM
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| BYE BYE BOU   Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Townsville, NTH QLD, Australia
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Yeah once the rain stopped the wind rolled in. Hoping to get the aero tow thing happening every few weeks so I should be able to get some more vid, especially of the larger stuff. Personally I think the tow line is too long. we could cut at least 5m off it. Makes for a long landing as you need to clear the fence with the line. Not such a good thing if you have several gliders to tow.
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11-08-2008, 08:04 AM
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| Foamy Time is Here!   | Re: AERO-TOWING
how about a tow line release and drop it on a fly by, most of the bigger ones do this.. have fun! mike
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11-08-2008, 08:17 AM
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| BYE BYE BOU Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Townsville, NTH QLD, Australia
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| Re: AERO-TOWING
Yeah that does help, but also slows the turn around time. I like to come off the tow into a steep desent and then setup for landing. Looks much more scale that way.
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11-11-2008, 05:38 AM
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11-11-2008, 07:43 AM
| #101 (permalink) |
| BYE BYE BOU Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Townsville, NTH QLD, Australia
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| Re: AERO-TOWING  Yeah good point. We will have a scale tug soon.
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11-11-2008, 07:50 AM
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| Foamy Time is Here! | Re: AERO-TOWING
ahaha , what ever works.. mike
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03-29-2009, 05:24 AM
| #103 (permalink) |
| BYE BYE BOU Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Townsville, NTH QLD, Australia
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| Re: AERO-TOWING
Finally got the tug and some scale ships back out to the field today. New prop on the tug and I think we have the setup nailed. 2 new gliders so flight times for them were short as setups were tested. Hope to get out again soon and catch a few termals.
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03-29-2009, 06:47 AM
| #104 (permalink) |
| BYE BYE BOU Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Townsville, NTH QLD, Australia
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| Re: AERO-TOWING
Few more pics
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03-29-2009, 11:43 AM
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| Foamy Time is Here! | Re: AERO-TOWING
sweet!, i am now workign hard to get my husky done so i am on hold withthe ventus, but itll soon be tow season here, as heavy as this husky will be i dont know how itll tow yet but will see mike
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04-02-2009, 11:03 AM
| #107 (permalink) |
| BYE BYE BOU Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Townsville, NTH QLD, Australia
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Yeah I think it may well have been bill's at one stage. Flys like a trainer on steroids
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04-10-2009, 05:35 AM
| #108 (permalink) |
| BYE BYE BOU Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Townsville, NTH QLD, Australia
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| Re: AERO-TOWING
Few pics from today with the new tug.
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