Amendment to Flight and Operations Manual of ATEC 321 Faeta UL aircraft - Aerotow
ATEC v.o.s. Libice nad Cidlinou, Czech Republic
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higher strength, this must be equipped with safety pin of maximum strength of
3000N to protect the towing aircraft same as towed glider. The towing rope length is
40 to 60 meters.
1.6
Emergency procedures
a)
If the rope is disconnected from the glider or from towing aircraft during the
process between start and rope lifting up, the certain steps must be taken to
avoid glider from rear-end collision with towing aircraft.
If the runway is long enough to discontinue the take-off, the pilot of towing
aircraft will yaw away from original take-off track to a freeway area after an
adequate timeout and then stop the action.
If the runway is too short to stop the action, or if it is too dangerous to stop the
action, the towing aircraft will continue take-off.
b)
In case of engine power lost or another failure which disables to continue take-
off during the process between start and lift-up of the rope, the towing aircraft
will yaw away from original take-off track via freeway area as soon as possible
to provide enough space to the glider. The pilot must immediately release the
towing rope and stop the action.
c)
If the rope is self-released just after lift-up of the towing aircraft, the aircraft
will continue the flight.
d)
In case of engine power lost or another failure which disables to continue take-
off just after lift-up of the towing aircraft, the pilot of towing aircraft will
release the rope immediately and make emergency landing with respect to
failure character.
e)
Forced landing of towing aircraft with towing rope attached is prohibited
(except emergency situations).
