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Old 06-18-2008, 04:29 PM
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Default RE: Towing gliders to altitude, risky?

My flying buddy built his own cradle for his TM. We have towed his Easyglider and my 100" DG-1000 so far with success. It is a simple release system where a servo detaches the rubber bands holding the glider down on one end...
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