Patrol towing a glider

[Mark Goldberg]

Patrol in Perth Australia towing a glider. They have done 4 or more glider tows. Patrol has Mazda rotary engine and IVO prop. Mark

[Chewie]

Interesting camera location!
What airspeed do they set during tow?

[Mark Goldberg]

I do not know. They sent me a picture last night of their Patrol towing a two seat glider. Heavy - according to owner. Mark

[m.mooney]

Typically tow at 70 mph

[jaredyates]

If anyone ever hears of a path to get approval for glider towing with E-A/B airplanes in the US, I'd love to know more. I would think the Bearhawk would be a great tow plane but my Operating Limitations (and presumably everyone else's) prohibit it.

[Ray Strickland]

The wing looks like it is covered with something, rather than painted.

[Bcone1381]

FAR 91.319 allows an experimental aircraft to tow a glider (for compensation) as long as the glider meets LSA requirements (1320 lbs max gross weight). I think the cookie cutter ops specs usually prohibit it though. I do not have any information how to get that limitation removed from the ops specs.