On Sunday, September 2, 2018 at 8:43:29 AM UTC-4, gotovkotzepkoi wrote:
Germans have had an electric winch for a long time. Nothing now. Don't
hold your breath for one built in the US. Won't happen. Charge with an
internal combustion engine? What's the point? Why not just use a piston
engine for the winch then?




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gotovkotzepkoi

Hi Goto,

oh my god! Let's not do something new! Lets not leave the beaten path!
That's exactly how we ended up with planes still powered by '30s technology - no progress there for decades.
As Herb said, Bill's design and development is a huge step forward and it should be supported by the US-soaring community because it will make a difference in the future!

Uli
'AS'