Re: [RCSE] Line breakage and launching and contest management - was, Icon 2
Ill second the CRRC downwind launch. I dont think I ever was there and launched into the wind. Very few line breaks but lots of snarled winch line Jeff On 12/21/07, Mike Lachowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Great idea Fritz. I know you do that for the CRRC contest all the > time. Don't forget that you also need to put a tree line right at the > turnaround. > > Plus it points you directly at the downwind thermals. > > > Fritz Bien wrote: > > > > What everyone is missing for controlling line-breakage and bigger, > > heavier planes. Launch DOWNWIND! You'll be surprised how easy it is on > > launch equipment when launching with a 15 knot wind at your back. :-D. > > > > Everybody can launch pedal to the metal and launch height will be > > naturally controlled. :-D > > > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note > that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format > with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and > AOL are generally NOT in text format >
Re: [RCSE] Line breakage and launching and contest management - was, Icon 2
Great idea Fritz. I know you do that for the CRRC contest all the time. Don't forget that you also need to put a tree line right at the turnaround. Plus it points you directly at the downwind thermals. Fritz Bien wrote: What everyone is missing for controlling line-breakage and bigger, heavier planes. Launch DOWNWIND! You'll be surprised how easy it is on launch equipment when launching with a 15 knot wind at your back. :-D. Everybody can launch pedal to the metal and launch height will be naturally controlled. :-D RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Line breakage and launching and contest management - was, Icon 2
Do I really want to believe this from someone who keeps the pedal down even on his Easy Glider? His winch must have some kind of optical recognition because it only breaks other people's planes. Or, at least, it only breaks planes when other people are launching them. Fritz Bien wrote: At 10:09 PM 12/20/2007, Lincoln Ross wrote: It's not a big thrill to me, but I think most flyers really enjoy the big zooms. I got a 12V wind motor because I didn't know any better. It launches gliders fine, even big ones(134" and 85 oz.), but it doesn't power the big zoom. Academic for me now because somehow I lost track of it in the last move. And it had a Goughner (sp?) drum. What everyone is missing for controlling line-breakage and bigger, heavier planes. Launch DOWNWIND! You'll be surprised how easy it is on launch equipment when launching with a 15 knot wind at your back. :-D. Everybody can launch pedal to the metal and launch height will be naturally controlled. :-D -Fritz RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Line breakage and launching and contest management - was, Icon 2
At 10:09 PM 12/20/2007, Lincoln Ross wrote: It's not a big thrill to me, but I think most flyers really enjoy the big zooms. I got a 12V wind motor because I didn't know any better. It launches gliders fine, even big ones(134" and 85 oz.), but it doesn't power the big zoom. Academic for me now because somehow I lost track of it in the last move. And it had a Goughner (sp?) drum. What everyone is missing for controlling line-breakage and bigger, heavier planes. Launch DOWNWIND! You'll be surprised how easy it is on launch equipment when launching with a 15 knot wind at your back. :-D. Everybody can launch pedal to the metal and launch height will be naturally controlled. :-D -Fritz RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format