Reflex bridles at work
No no no no. I assure you that the ABSOLUTE LAST THING he was trying to do was transition to free flight. Free flight actually isn't all that hang glider pilots always crack it up to be in all circumstances.Tom Low (Cloudhopper) - 2011/12/25 18:22:41 UTC
Belmont, California
In the video description, the poster explains that the bridle failed when he "tried to transition" what do you think he means by "transition"? From tow to free flight?
Ya think?Flyingseb - 2011/12/25 20:49:45 UTC
Brittany
very close call!
I found the early stage of his towed flight very steep.
That's how aerotowing works pretty much all the time. It's likely that you'll break the Davis/Rooney Link every launch, luckily with enough height to recover.Would it be possible that he'd break the weak link, luckily with enough height to recover?
One release, two stages.Avolare - 2011/12/26 03:34:51 UTC
North Carolina
Probably an upper / lower tow bridle. For launching from a dolly (ground based towing) I think it's better to have the tow line split above and below the base bar.
The problem with that is once you're a couple hundred up, the upper bridle inhibits climbing. So you need two releases, upper and lower. We used to do this boat towing.
- DID YOU *READ* HIS ACCOUNT? Did he report being unable to release? When he wanted to release the first stage he released the first stage. And - as you should well know (assuming you were using Koch two stages (which you probably were)) - it's easier to blow tow than it is to blow just the first stage.Then again, maybe he just couldn't release?
- WHY THE FREAKING HELL DO YOU THINK HE'D HAVE *WANTED* TO RELEASE?!?!?!?!?!
So? You think any of these assholes are capable of learning anything from ANYTHING depicting reality?Jason Rogers - 2011/12/26 10:38:12 UTC
I saw one break as bad as that about 100 feet up. The glider did exactly that whipstall (GTR175), fell like a stone and pulled out of the dive with the basebar going through the grass. Pilot had a little sit down before launching again.
That was in the day when we had to remember stuff rather than videoing everything that happens.
YOU figured something out?! OMFG!!!!!Mike Bomstad - 2011/12/26 20:31:18 UTC
Well I figured it out, they used split bridle but attached both to the shoulder points rather then the waist........OMFG!!!!
Right Mike!!! The tow angle changes RADICALLY when you blow the first stage because instead of the tension going to the release mounted on your chest the tension is now going to the release mounted on your chest. And all this time I've been assuming that you're a total idiot.When he released the first one (Over the bar) that leaves the other under the bar ( pulling you down @ your shoulder.... ie pulling you aft, gliders nose goes up.
Yeah. NO POSSIBLE WAY.No way to pull in from that.
Yeah. Make sure you phone Europe ASAP and tell them to immediately ground all these things everybody and his dog has been using for the past quarter century.Surface tows require you to be attached at the waist area. NEVER @ the shoulder.
Can somebody who hasn't been kicked off of this shithead asylum yet tell me if whatever I'm not allowed to see is as moronic as what I'm allowed to read?Media BLOCKED
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