Video of winch launching at Karl Striediecks Eagle Field...

https://vimeo.com/51897500

On Monday, October 22, 2012 9:16:55 PM UTC-6, Sean F (F2) wrote:
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Sean,
That was really excellent! Great Job!
Thanks for posting - Renny

On Monday, October 22, 2012 11:16:55 PM UTC-4, Sean F (F2) wrote:
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That is spectacular! I wanna go.

Tom

On Tuesday, October 23, 2012 5:16:55 AM UTC+2, Sean F (F2) wrote:
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Beautiful Video,
Great location,
interesting final approaches.

Karl, please detail the winch.

On Monday, October 22, 2012 11:16:55 PM UTC-4, Sean F (F2) wrote:
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On Tuesday, October 23, 2012 9:33:28 AM UTC-4, wrote:
Karl, please detail the winch.



On Monday, October 22, 2012 11:16:55 PM UTC-4, Sean F (F2) wrote:

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The winch was surplus from the Canadian Air Cadet program and was built by the military about 30 years ago. Originally equipped with steel wire, it now has 3/16th Spectra rope.

The engine, a 330 HP, 350 cid Corvette powerplant, was installed about 10 years ago.

Being built by the military it is "hell for stout" and shows no signs of fatique.

Other than a new exhaust system and a paint job the winch was combat ready when we got it.

Over the Labor Day weekend we were fortunate to have Uli Neuman and his son Philip travel to Eagle Field to get us started in safe and proper winch operation. Uli knows winches! He learned to fly off them in Germany and has used his engineering prowess to extensively rebuild the unit they use in Spartenburg, SC. He and John Good are currently developing an inline tension guage that will transmit force signals to the winch driver.

We hope to use it for future winch launch training, ground launch sign offs and driver training at Mifflin County Airport.

Is this the same winch as was used in the past couple
years at Mifflin ?

Do you still have the jeep whose tranny I helped
rebuild a few decades ago ?

See ya, Dave "YO electric"

On Monday, October 22, 2012 11:16:55 PM UTC-4, Sean F (F2) wrote:
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Dave,

This is a different winch than the one you saw at Mifflin.

Concerning the Jeep tranny, I still have the damaged cluster gear from it under the work bench and it serves on occasion as a counter weight for this or that project.

Karl

PS The Jeep was sold "as is" a couple years ago and the new owner returned it to "new" condition.

Thanks for sharing the video. I really enjoy watching it! I would drive up there for some winch training.

Randy

Tulsa, OK

Beautiful !

What was the line length? What were the launch heights obtained?

I'll be trying winching this weekend at my club -- we're getting a winch and instructors from a neighbouring club to give it a go.

-John