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![]() Given that the winch we've been building is getting close to test phase, I expect I'll be hearing a lot more about these accidents soon... Marc Need a BIG glider to test with?? I have a Janus C with a CG hook....I'll be auto-towing it at the end of October. |
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Never mind.... I just noticed this is an OLD thread.
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On Monday, January 23, 2012 8:26:31 PM UTC-7, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Jan 23, 3:10*pm, Brad wrote: On Jan 23, 12:51*pm, BobW wrote: On 1/23/2012 12:01 PM, Frank Whiteley wrote: On Jan 23, 11:13 am, *wrote: On Jan 19, 7:16 pm, Frank *wrote: As found on Barnstormers.com GLIDER WINCH CLINIC IN SO CAL • $375 • EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT • YOU'RE INVITED! • Instruction on flight and operations of winch launching with a modern winch built by Roman Wrosz. Space limited. March 9-11, 2012. Fly-in or drive to Jacumba, CA (L78). The demonstration and training flights performed in the beautiful Schweizer 2-33. Four hours of ground instruction, followed by two days of flight school. • Contact Bud Robinson - ASSOCIATED GLIDER CLUBS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Friend of Owner - located San Diego, CA USA • Telephone:619-436-8010begin_of_the_skype_highlighting * * * * * *619-436-8010 Excuse me for appearing stupid, but I was under the impression that you needed a CG hook to winch launch and that a Schweizer hook was especially bad to use because when the tow cable is approaches 90 degrees to the release arm, the bale (name? *thing the pilot actually moves during a release) is under so much load that it cannot be pulled aft. * * I'd like to know more. *Thanks, John Snip... I've winched launched 2-33's a lot from the nose hook with no problems. *My greater concern is fouling the strop in the skid. *Not aware of any that have failed to back release at the power cut that I've launched, but the pilots always pull twice anyway. *Plan B is cut the rope. Frank Whiteley "What Frank said." For several winters back in the (I think) 1990s various SSB-ers used to winch launch our nose-hook-only-equipped 2-33. Other than noticeable elevator separation/porpoising on the way up if one "over-pulled", all was utterly straightforward. Of course we did "the usual pushover" at the top of the arc, firmly/fully pulled the release twice, and visually verified successful release before initiating any turn. Plan B was to chop the (single-strand, well-logging) wire at the winch. Plan C was to circle to a close-in-to-the-winch landing pointed at the winch. Never had a hook-related/release issue of which I was aware. Plan A always worked without drama. Regards, Bob W. So.......................I could winch launch my glider using the nose mounted Tost unit? That would be great! Brad TOST nose hook won't back release, back to the drawing board you two! The Lark Tost nose hook would back release. Probably just because they didn't want to stock different hooks at the factory. |
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