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On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 15:13:35 -0500, Montblack
wrote: Any photos out there of a glider winch launcher? Is it a vehicle launching thingy or a Wright Brothers kind of contraption? The Wright Brothers kind of contraption is a tow plane :-) The winch at the Andreas club is on the back of an old 7 ton truck. The winch machinery itself consists of a Jaguar XJ6 4.2 litre straight six engine, transmission and final drive, which turns a drum of steel cable. The winch operator sits in a cage, and has all the Jaguar controls (switches, gas pedal, brake) and additionally has a handle which operates a cable cutting guillotine should the cable need to be cut. -- Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net "Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee" |
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