There are a lot of articles about this issue, but here are the main rules:

- take special care about the first 50m!!!
- don't climb too steep, keep the speed high enough to react cable
break/winch failure.
- always be prepared for cable break/winch failure, decide what to do on
different altitudes BEFORE take-off!!
- always release cable in case of emergency, several pilots landed with
cable
- winch driver also should cut the cable without hesitation in case of
emergency
- discuss common signaling method between winch driver and pilots (at
our site: too slow use ailerons, too fast use rudder)
- clear airspace before launch
- check weather situation (lightning!)

Have fun

/Janos

Frank Smith wrote:
We are getting close to getting our first winch operation going and need to
develop some Ops and Procedures.
I hate starting with a "blank page"
Anybody have some Ops and Procedures to send my way to get started?


Regards,
Frank

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