There is a certain demographic in American soaring clubs that will
keep winches from prospering. The towing for fun crowd. I know it is
a thankless job, and many do it just because there is a need, but
there are some where towing is what they do for fun and they won't
willingly be replaced by a kite string winding machine. Have we moved
from gliding dying to gliding going extinct yet?
On Jun 5, 7:01*pm, Tom Gardner wrote:
On Jun 5, 11:35*pm, Bill D wrote:

If you want to attract large numbers of young people, winch launch is
the key. *It's so much more fun and so much less expensive than aero
tow, they can see themselves becoming glider pilots.

That was quite explicitly true for my daughter (aerotow was OK, but
winch later the same day hooked her), and it appears to have been
true
for other youngsters at my club.