ive been nose hook launching.its cool ,fast rolls straight up

[kwhite]

i put a hook farther foward on my gliders,,and i got some high power tubing,,its cool i can do 3 rolls with my ninja, while going staright up and on my 100 inch ship i can get high enough to thermal and speck out it sure beats all the walking and gets alot of attention. i got alot of tubing also and im willing to sell it. i got pics and more details under the for sale section, my freinds put hooks on thiers too,we also do air tows now with the short nose hooks,
email is keithmwhite@charter.net
if you want to buy some tubing its 55$ free shipping. its has high quality connectors nothing tied to rings.1/8 inch walls with 1/4 inch ID.817-996-4900

[sventek]

lets see a video

[rdeis]

Did this with my Talon and Pibros.

Very, VERY fun! (Until I blew up 1/2 the stab on the Talon... Bzzzzzzzzzz... *poof* uh oh..)

It's still fun with the Pibros!

[rloose]

Got any more info. on glider towing with a hook on the towed plane? One of my flying buddies is willing to fly the glider if I tow him up with my Sig Kadet. Does it matter where the hook is between the nose and CG on the glider? How long is the tow line?? How do you get the glider hook released from the tow line?

Any help or links appreciated.

Rich

[kwhite]

yea put the line on the rear dowels on the kadet wing use 110 ft of line pur the nose hook on the bottom of the glider nose make the hook really short and almost straight down make the glider turn outside of the towplane,, dont tow down wind

[viti]

Originally posted by kwhite
i put a hook farther foward on my gliders,,and i got some high power tubing,,its cool i can do 3 rolls with my ninja, while going staright up and on my 100 inch ship i can get high enough to thermal and speck out it sure beats all the walking and gets alot of attention. i got alot of tubing also and im willing to sell it. i got pics and more details under the for sale section, my freinds put hooks on thiers too,we also do air tows now with the short nose hooks,
email is keithmwhite@charter.net
817-996-4900 after 5pm

i have been doing that with my thl zagi for a while now ,i wont do it any other way now but that with the zagi and high nose angle wings with elevons etc but i wont try it without elevons or ailerons,not sure how it would go with RES,poly etc better suited for flying wings really but hey,,have fun ,,its a rocket ride for sure


viti

[viti]

r loose http://www.scalesoaring.net/tow.html

viti

[bjaffee]

Originally posted by rloose
Got any more info. on glider towing with a hook on the towed plane? One of my flying buddies is willing to fly the glider if I tow him up with my Sig Kadet. Does it matter where the hook is between the nose and CG on the glider? How long is the tow line?? How do you get the glider hook released from the tow line?

Any help or links appreciated.

Rich

If you're aerotowing, you want the tow release on the glider all the way forward: in the tip of the nose if possible. On the tow plane, attach the line on top of the fuselage, at the trailing edge of the wing. DO NOT attach it to the tail.

More info on tow releases can be found here...
http://www.sailplanes.com/asher.htm

[kwhite]

jsut make a "spike" that comes almost strait down out of the very nose of your glider. Fly behind the towplane and when it turns stay outside of it. Oh and keep off the elevator as much as possible. When you are ready to release jsut pull up realy hard... on the Kadet, jsut attach the tow line to an aft wing bolt.. easy.