I've been taking off with the SB10 in 29m on a winch several times (830kg).
The flexing of the wings was amazing.

"MaD" wrote in message
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Martin Gregorie schrieb:

wrote:
In our winch clinic last week, the paraglider folks we shared the dry
lake with, seemed surprised we could get something as big as a Blanik
off the ground with a long steel cable.

Their tandem instructor asked our CFIG, "what was the largest gross
weight sailplane ever ground launched". Never really thought about it
before.

I've seen ASH-25s winched two-up, no ballast. There's a small amount of
wing bending.....


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
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Have piloted ASH25 at 760kg (1675lb). 1000m cable, launched to 400m. No
wind. No problem.
Have also seen a Nimbus 4DM been winched at our field. I believe that
has about 800kg without water?

Regards
Marcel