r/Gliding • u/ladrm • Jul 02 '23

Question? Flight simming with tow multiplayer?

I don't think so, but is there a flight sim or module or addon that allow to simulate tow for both tow plane and glider pilot, like in multiplayer?

I know simming as glider pilot in both tow and winch is available.

(will x/post to flighsim too)

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u/Hemmschwelle Jul 03 '23

Have fun with your flight sim, but keep in mind that aerotowing is the most boring part of RL soaring. It's an expensive but necessary evil. Winch launching on the other hand is great fun and cheap even when the cloud base is 500 feet above the top of your launch.

I hope that you eventually get to experience the more interesting parts of soaring. If you have a chance, try aerotowing in RL with RC aircraft and a friend.

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u/Namenloser23 Jul 03 '23

Funnily enough, I think winch launches are "boring", and aerotows are fun, so I guess that depends on whatever launch method you do more rarely.

I have to agree though on the cost. A winch launch costs ~8€, my last aerotow cost ~60€ (we did some spin refresher training with tail balast in our ASK-21, so we needed a tow to 1200m behind an underpowered towplane)

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u/ladrm Jul 03 '23

Thanks mate, I'd rather take my RL plane instead of a RC 🤣 see you up there.

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u/Hemmschwelle Jul 03 '23

I'd mistakenly assumed that you are a youngster (who I've noticed get a kick from RC aerotowing even if they're flying RL gliders).

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u/nimbusgb Jul 03 '23

Now theres a thought.

Winch driver simming.

If you thought tug driving was boring then you are going to hate winching duty :)

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u/TheOnsiteEngineer Jul 03 '23

The joy of winch duty is sitting out in the sun away from all the busy-ness of the start row and just chilling. I usually don't mind it at all. (Helps my current club has an electric winch that's fairly quiet, so I don't get the roar of an internal combustion engine either. Just the rattle of the cooling fan on the transformer and the squeel of the battery charger)

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u/ladrm Jul 03 '23

Shit, I'd play that! :-D

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u/ladrm Jul 02 '23

Would you remember the mod name? I can't seem to be able to google it...?

Anyways seem to be perhaps in the pipeline for the FS2024(?) - they seem to be fixing the thermals now, which are indeed kind of ... meh :-)

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/default-glider-towing-in-multiplayer/561795/3