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Old December 19th 16, 08:11 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Winch Launch - Fatal

On Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 9:45:10 PM UTC-7, B4soaring wrote:

Not really. Where you go wrong is assuming that the tailwheel is the centre
of rotation - it isn't, it's an arm hitting a limit.


Same difference. When an arm hits a limit, the center of rotation shifts to the contact point.