This section is one of the new ones added to the web site for 2010 ,but aero towing is not new to the team as it was one of the first activities that we were involved with. It was a time ago although it does not seem nearly 30 years ago that John and Al used to go to the White Horse Back then a ¼ scale Cub with a 32cc engine was considered to be frightening large . Today's Gliders are much larger and the tugs have also grown it size to where a 100cc engine is not unusual and Em’s Bellanca Decathlon has a 150 cc engine, this allows it to tow the biggest gliders. Another area of tug development is in the fact the electric motors are powerful enough for an electric tug to perform as well as an 62 cc IC engined tug. The only downside at present is to have to recharge the batteries after 4 tows to 1500 ft . This area of the hobby will see much more development as the capacity of batteries increases and the cost reduces. The electric tug is already at a stage where it can be used very effectively on noise sensitive sites.
Welcome to the Tug aircraft section