On 1/23/2012 3:10 PM, Brad wrote:
On Jan 23, 12:51 pm, wrote:
On 1/23/2012 12:01 PM, Frank Whiteley wrote:









On Jan 23, 11:13 am, wrote:
On Jan 19, 7:16 pm, Frank wrote:

As found on Barnstormers.com

GLIDER WINCH CLINIC IN SO CAL • $375 • EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT • YOU'RE
INVITED! • Instruction on flight and operations of winch launching
with a modern winch built by Roman Wrosz. Space limited. March 9-11,
2012. Fly-in or drive to Jacumba, CA (L78). The demonstration and
training flights performed in the beautiful Schweizer 2-33. Four hours
of ground instruction, followed by two days of flight school. •
Contact Bud Robinson - ASSOCIATED GLIDER CLUBS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
Friend of Owner - located San Diego, CA USA • Telephone:619-436-8010begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 619-436-8010

Excuse me for appearing stupid, but I was under the impression that
you needed a CG hook to winch launch and that a Schweizer hook was
especially bad to use because when the tow cable is approaches 90
degrees to the release arm, the bale (name? thing the pilot actually
moves during a release) is under so much load that it cannot be pulled
aft. I'd like to know more. Thanks, John

Snip...

I've winched launched 2-33's a lot from the nose hook with no
problems. My greater concern is fouling the strop in the skid. Not
aware of any that have failed to back release at the power cut that
I've launched, but the pilots always pull twice anyway. Plan B is cut
the rope.

Frank Whiteley

"What Frank said." For several winters back in the (I think) 1990s various
SSB-ers used to winch launch our nose-hook-only-equipped 2-33. Other than
noticeable elevator separation/porpoising on the way up if one "over-pulled",
all was utterly straightforward. Of course we did "the usual pushover" at the
top of the arc, firmly/fully pulled the release twice, and visually verified
successful release before initiating any turn. Plan B was to chop the
(single-strand, well-logging) wire at the winch. Plan C was to circle to a
close-in-to-the-winch landing pointed at the winch.

Never had a hook-related/release issue of which I was aware. Plan A always
worked without drama.

Regards,
Bob W.

So.......................I could winch launch my glider using the nose
mounted Tost unit?

That would be great!

Brad

I smell a leg being pulled here...

I didn't think it necessary to note Schweizer hooks have a back release
feature. I seem to have missed ever seeing one on a Tost nose hook.

Just sayin'...

Anally,
Bob W.