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towplane was a SD Greenley
powered by DLE 55. Motor has an
electric start. 2m Wingspan. Wing
is foam core balsa skinned.”

One moreTug that I’ll mention
here was Sam Laidlaw’s Super
Cub. This one is ¼ Scale E-
Powered and easily towed my 1/5
scale K8 glider that was built from
a short kit. Sam’s is a very
practical electric conversion that I
am sure would appeal to a wide
variety of modelers. (more details
another time)

As most of us only get to fly our
scale gliders during Aerotow
events there were some exciting
moments as a few got dialed in.
My pretty lightweight K8 towed up
OK, though a bit high on the tow,
then tip-stalled badly on release.
For a few seconds I thought it was going home in a trash I certainly do not do justice to the range and quality of the
bag. After some quiet contemplation I added a bit more gliders present (and the pilots flying them). Sometimes,
lead in the nose and caught a thermal during the next you just had to be there.
flight. Landing looked very scale-like.
For more details of future Aerotow events check out the
I certainly did not set out to document the gliders (all of Soaring Calendar.
excellent quality) but as an example Bevan listed his: Pat
Teakle ASW20 4.7m Wing span, Pat Teakle ASW22 6m
Wing span

For details contact: Gavin Shute 021 656 999 or gavinshute@gmail.com
For details contact: Gavin Shute 021 656 999 or gavinshute@gmail.com
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