Yes, your right. If I take the time and think about it a little more, I see
what is happening.
Lightly loaded large wing areas can generate enough lift at low airspeed to
climb rather quickly. With a headwind, there would be no reason to even
reel in the line and with enough "kiting" lift from
Is it leagle for contest winch without brake?
-YK Chan
Seattle area.
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Well- sort of in that almost everything is at the CDs discretion for
all except the Nats. To be within the AMA rules the winch cannot
allow line to spool off the drum during launch. A ratchet meets this
rule fine so guess brake is not required. In the early 70s we kited
to very high launches with
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