"Andreas Maurer" wrote in message
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I guess Lippman quotes some false numbers. Having used a steel rope
and a the plastic rope on the same winch fpr one year, the plastic
rope did not have a significant advantage concerning achievable height
(between 100 ft for an ASK-21 and at maximum 300 ft for a Ka-8).

In my opnion the advantage es the handling, not in the launch heights.

You know, Andreas, I guess it's possible that they lied and then faked a
video of the launch but I think it's more likely that they really did what
they said since a lot of independent people are watching carefully. It
could be that Lippmann gets high launches because they really know their
stuff.

Bill Daniels