GLIDER WINCH LAUNCHING FUN FOR LESS Chapter 5 Radio Procedures

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GLIDERWINCH LAUNCHING FUN FOR LESS! Chapter 5
Radio Procedures
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Radio Phraseology and Timing
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Radio Phraseology and Timing

• Pilot completes first CB and SWIFT from the
  CB-SWIFT-CB-E checklist.

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Radio Phraseology and Timing

• Pilot completes first CB and SWIFT from the
  CB-SWIFT-CB-E checklist.
• Pilot calls for the towline to be attached now

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Radio Phraseology and Timing

• Pilot completes first CB and SWIFT from the
  CB-SWIFT-CB-E checklist.
• Pilot calls for the towline to be attached now
• Once the towline is hooked up the pilot must be
  Switched On and ready to go fly.

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Radio Phraseology and Timing

• Pilot completes first CB and SWIFT from the
  CB-SWIFT-CB-E checklist.
• Pilot calls for the towline to be attached now
• Once the towline is hooked up the pilot must be
  Switched On and ready to go fly.
• The pilot now completes last CBE. When ready
  the pilot then gives thumbs up and says Level
  Wings. Wingrunner complies

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Radio Phraseology and Timing

• When does the radio operator check for traffic
  before the launch?

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Radio Phraseology and Timing

• When does the radio operator check for traffic
  before the launch?
• When the pilot calls for Take Up Slack, but
  before relaying Take Up Slack command to the
  winch operator

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Radio Phraseology and Timing
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Radio Phraseology and Timing

• When ready the pilot says Take Up Slack.

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Radio Phraseology and Timing

• When ready the pilot says Take Up Slack.
• Radioman checks for traffic. If clear, says
  Take Up Slack 2 times over the radio

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Radio Phraseology and Timing

• When ready the pilot says Take Up Slack.
• Radioman checks for traffic. If clear, says
  Take Up Slack 2 times over the radio
• Pilot waits for towrope to get tight and for the
  glider to be slowly creeping forward

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Radio Phraseology and Timing

• When ready the pilot says Take Up Slack.
• Radioman checks for traffic. If clear, says
  Take Up Slack 2 times over the radio
• Pilot waits for towrope to get tight and for the
  glider to be slowly creeping forward
• At this moment the pilot calls All Out, All Out
  signifying he/she wants the takeoff to begin

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Radio Phraseology and Timing
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Radio Phraseology and Timing

• Ground crewman states All Out, All Out, All Out
  (3 times) over the radio. This signal tells the
  winch operator to begin the takeoff

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Radio Phraseology and Timing

• Ground crewman states All Out, All Out, All Out
  (3 times) over the radio. This signal tells the
  winch operator to begin the takeoff
• If the ground crewman wants to stop the takeoff
  they put the wing on the ground and state Stop,
  Stop, Stop.

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Radio Phraseology and Timing
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Radio Phraseology and Timing

• Notice that the wing is raised sooner than taking
  up slack with radio usage than in the non-radio
  environment

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Radio Phraseology and Timing

• Notice that the wing is raised sooner than taking
  up slack with radio usage than in the non-radio
  environment
• If the pilot feels there is something wrong with
  the launch, they can disconnect at anytime.

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Radio Phraseology and Timing

• Notice that the wing is raised sooner than taking
  up slack with radio usage than in the non-radio
  environment
• If the pilot feels there is something wrong with
  the launch, they can disconnect at anytime.
• Dont just go along for the ride if all is not
  right

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Questions

• How much of the CB-SWIFT-CBE checklist must be
  completed before the towcable is hooked up ?

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Questions

• How much of the CB-SWIFT-CBE checklist must be
  completed before the towcable is hooked up ?
• CB-SWIFT

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Questions

• When must the pilot be switched on and ready to
  go fly ?

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Questions

• When must the pilot be switched on and ready to
  go fly ?
• The moment the towrope has been hooked up. At
  this moment the rope and the aircraft are now
  HOT

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Questions

• What is the radio phrase to the winch operator to
  take up the slack ?

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Questions

• What is the radio phrase to the winch operator to
  take up the slack ?
• Take up slack said 2 times. Notice it is 3
  syllables

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Questions

• What is the radio phrase to the winch operator to
  begin the takeoff ?

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Questions

• What is the radio phrase to the winch operator to
  begin the takeoff ?
• All out, all out, all out. Notice it is 2
  syllables repeated 3 times

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Questions

• Who has the radio ?

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Questions

• Who has the radio ?
• The ground crewman at the wingtip

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Questions

• When is the wing raised by the radioman at the
  wingtip ?

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Questions

• When is the wing raised by the radioman at the
  wingtip ?
• When the pilot requests Level Wings.

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Questions

• When does the radio operator call for Take Up
  Slack ?

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Questions

• When does the radio operator call for Take Up
  Slack ?
• Only when requested by the pilot

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Questions

• When does the radio operator check for traffic
  before the launch?

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Questions

• When does the radio operator check for traffic
  before the launch?
• When the pilot calls for Take Up Slack, but
  before relaying Take Up Slack command to the
  winch operator