Towing:

August 9, 2001

One of the things most apparent on the Monarch G is that it has a lot less drag which creates a problem in no wind launches for my old truck. To get the glider off the ground it needs the maximum tension of say 165 lbs. and the truck is going about 30 mph mph , the glider the same speed but once off the ground there is not really enough airspeed of the glider to climb so it needs airspeed which it gathers quickly.... catching up on the truck. My old truck can't accelerate quickly enough so we have a few moments of lag there before the glider can climb.With a wind this situation does not occur.

May 23, 2003. We have been having some difficulties on tow with the Pioneer IId. We had been using a 30 ft. bridle which had become old and no longer had any elasticity to it. Mike Couts did try a very short bridle just off the nose to similate a nose hook but that was very unsuccessful and he aborted the tow at 200 ft. Mat then made up a 50 ft bridle from 1/4 " polypropylene (a 100 ft rope folded in two) with new rope which had a lot of elasticicty in it.. and what a difference... it worked perfectly!