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Old November 28th 07, 12:00 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Gregorie[_1_]
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Default New winch height record

tommytoyz wrote:
Bartek,
Most winches have more than one drum. In Europe, one winch can have up
to 8 separate drums and lines. This enables a launch every 3 minutes
or less.
http://www.hydrostart.nl/EN/
Tom

A properly motivated crew and non-chatty instructors can manage 20 launches
an hour off a dual drum winch. Its probably hard to beat that no matter how
many drums you have because you start to be held up by pilots getting ready
or, depending on your field layout, landing gliders interfering with
launches.


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