"Steve Leonard" wrote in message
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I am a bit disappointed to see this thread going the
way the Yahoo Winch design group did. I still watch
there and am interested in what comes of it. It started
off (Or so I thought) with the notion of designing
a simple but reliable winch that a small group of people
could afford to build so a small club could fly. It
rapidly evolved into a multi drum, hundreds of horsepower
machine that would make the small club capable of doing
120+ launches of fully loaded ASH-25s and Duo Discuses
a day. Does a small club really need that much power
and more than one on a drum winch?

Let me say, you DO NOT have to use a big engined pickup.

Alright Steve.

I have found more power a detriment. I used to tow my Mini-Nimbus with my
Ford Taurus Wagon. 140 HP on a good day. I could use anyone off the street
for a driver. I just told them to floor it until I was off tow. Worked
great.

With my lighter PW-5 and powerful 200 HP Ford Escape I have to worry about
overspeeding so it is more complicated, with instructions to the driver to
"hold speed."

It is hard for me to imagine a problem with lifting the rear of the tow
vehicle of the ground. Maybe with an ASH-25 or something, but do those guys
do auto tows? I really think those big Ford pickups are overkill.

Larry Pardue 2I