On Jun 13, 6:31*am, John Cochrane
wrote:
Needless to say, making sure the ballast is sloshed so the wings are
balanced, the upwind wing is held a little low, and the wing runner is
an olympic sprinter helps too. I recently couldn't persuade a wing
runner to hold the upwind wing low with predictable consequences.

John,

Do you always takeoff with full ballast? In my ASW19 I always had full
water or no water so a wing low cross wind takeoff was normal. With
the 28 I'm never full and I'd rather be ballanced and stay ballanced
than have the wing low.

If the wing runner really understood what was going on then holding
the wings level until start of the roll and then lowering slightly may
work but I'm usually happy to find a wing runner that understands the
need for balance and a fast run.

What do other do for cross wind takeoffs with partial ballast?

Andy