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is a cessna a good tug?

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andrew wallace:
i belong to the ballymoney flying club  www.bmfc.btinternet.co.uk
you would be more than welcome any time to come and fly with us

andrew  :D

ger kilbey:
thanks for that andrew,might make a weekend off it over the next few weeks :wink:
im a member off the shankhill flying club www.srfc.net and likewise your more than welcome to come down,have a look on the website and you will see there is plenty places to slope ie the sugerloaf mountain :wink: directly in front off the flying site!

ger

Fred:
Hey Ger (sorry, catching up!!!)
Welcome to the forum !

As Andrew said, any plane can be a tow plane. Just need a hook (as close as possible of the CofG) and a strong release servo (just in case !  :D  )

Also, for the power etc etc, I think today's tendencies is to fit the biggest engine possible to tow on an airframe...
Just to say that a few years ago, we used to tow 4 m gliders with a 15cc without any problems... 5m possible, but you need a good tow and glider pilot (and not be in a rush  :P )...

144 twin, you should be able to tow pretty much everything in Ireland, except the old exeption of course, but as far as week end models goes, you are more than Ok  :D

ger kilbey:
hi fred
yeah i didnt realise that realitively small models can tug models up to 4m+,
as andrew was saying they were using a hanger9 pawne to pull 2.6m+ with no problems thats savage :shock:
i suppose like anything it all about setup and getting everything working smoothly in case off unforseen errors :wink:
the cessna is a really smooth easy flyer more like a fancy trainer if you like so im hoping it will make a good tug and with the mvvs 144 twin 2 stroke its plenty power,
just waiting on a few bits and pieces to come in to start working on the release mecanisim,
thanks for the reply fred

ger

Fred:
You're welcome Ger  :D
Let us know about your progress, or if you need a hand!
I'm actually 10 mins drive from the club, when you are ready, we might give a go at towing, showing you a few things (I bring the gliders  :D ).

And I haven't seen Gary in a long time !

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