Did your questions get answered? One end of the tubing is tied to one end
of the string. The other end of the tubing is staked into the ground.
The other end of the string has a metal ring on it that hooks onto the
model's tow hook. You walk back with the model (and line), pulling
tension on the tubing. When you have enough tension (depends on high
start and model), you throw the model up and forward (after verifying the
transmitter and receiver are turned on!). The model will go up like a
kite...the tubing pulls it up like someone running with a kite on a
string. When the model gets over where the tubing is staked into the
ground, you want to release the model from the line. Sometimes the ring
will just slip off the hook, sometimes you need to dip the nose down and
up to unhook. Drag from the folded parachute helps pull it off. When the
line is free, the chute opens and helps the line fall in a downwind
direction, ready for the next launch. It's also a lot easier to find the
line with a bright red chute on the end.
I hope some of that helped...
Tremendously...
Now one more question: How do you keep the parachute folded until you
release from the line?
Thanks, Daniel
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