Towing

[Charles in SC]

A tow hook would be very handy if you found yourself at a strange airport by yourself with a dead battery. You could tie it down and hand prop it and be able to release from the pilots seat.

[F1R]

Ken Fowler of Team Rocket has often towed Manfred Radius and his Salto 101 glider at airshows. I can't get my head around the glider VNE versus keeping the 540 cool, but I have watched it done a few times. Ken has dual oil coolers, and the Salto 101 has a higher than average VNE for gliders with very short wings.

I have never seen a Pawnee with a factory tow hook, so at some level the tow gear is all experimental / hand made.

[Alex Edwards]

This is one area where the Australian rules are more relaxed. This exemption allows for towing with an experimental aircraft with CASA permission. Other than the Pawnee tugs that have car engines installed I don't know of any other experimental aircraft that tow.

https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2014L00974.

I have wondered what an rv-12 with a beefed up fuselage, a rotax 914 and the prop set for climb would tow like....

[BobTurner]

Just got my insurance policy today, and it says "no towing". Insurance restrictions are more important than FARs, imho!