On 7/10/2010 5:45 PM, John Cochrane wrote:

Too many contest launches end up with scraped wingtips. I know there
were some experiments with ATVs that didn't work out. Maybe it's time
for droppable pogo sticks or similar.

John Cochrane

Cannot help but recall from the long ago, that the Fournier RF-4 self
launch had one main, one tailwheel and two wing tip out-riggers which
looked like curved 24 inch long 1/4 inch diameter rods with a roller
skate wheel at the end. They couldn't take much force, and evidently
didn't need to....

Brian W