The US soaring rules are pretty flexible. As a result, everyone does
thier own thing and they all sort of sound the same except some of the
landing tasks which might as well be games of skill at a carnival.
You should be familiar with some of the issues with a large country.
Most pilots only
Too bad there wasn't more interest in moving F3J over from two man tow to
winch launch. Then I think you would see some more of us investing in a
FAI standard winch. The only reason to have an FAI winch in the USA today
is if you intend to contest fly F3B.
It's going to be hard for most to
Too bad there wasn't more interest in moving F3J over from two man tow to
winch launch. Then I think you would see some more of us investing in a
FAI standard winch.
I'm all for that, then it would give more people the opportunity
to try F3b also.
dh
The only reason to have an FAI winch
James V. Bacus wrote:
Too bad there wasn't more interest in moving F3J over from two man tow
to winch launch. Then I think you would see some more of us investing
in a FAI standard winch. The only reason to have an FAI winch in the
USA today is if you intend to contest fly F3B.
It's going
Michael Lachowski wrote;
If you're not using your personal winch for contest equipment, then why
own a FORD winch when a FAI winch with monofilament is much more fun to
launch from. Of course most folks haven't a clue what it's like to
launch from good monofilament.
After adding a F3b winch
Because we do this MoM format in OVSS, and we try to keep some parity on
the winches.
At 04:06 PM 3/5/2005, Michael Lachowski wrote:
James V. Bacus wrote:
Too bad there wasn't more interest in moving F3J over from two man tow to
winch launch. Then I think you would see some more of us
I put Grass trimmer on my ford Longshaft with
REALBALLS installed
Didn't seem to be any better..
Can I put mono on my Ford Longshaft
???
Just would like to know.
Al
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For the most part, the Chicago guys all have positive brakes on their FORD
longshaft winches.
Mine has one.
At 07:23 PM 3/5/2005, D Hauch wrote:
I really like the brake on the f3b winch and the strectch of the
mono for those side wind launches.
Jim
Downers Grove, IL
Member of the Chicago SOAR
Stumper my friend, I would respond to your emails privately if your ISP
didn't SPAM BLOCK me!!! ARGH
Anyways, it's not such an unpopular idea if you talk to pilots flying the
event, but I know you Michigan guys typically don't like change too much. 8-)
Jim
Downers Grove, IL
Member of the
Oh yeah baby... it works better if there is a positive brake
system, so if your winch doesn't have one you are really going to have to
monitor the tension, and not let the winch back spool on you.
Or you will end up with a snarled mess of mono... yuk.
At 05:07 PM 3/5/2005, Albert E. Wedworth
Jim bacus wrote;
For the most part, the Chicago guys all have positive brakes on their FORD
longshaft winches.
Mine has one.
How are you guys making the brake for the Fords ?
Still love the strecth of the mono compared to braided line, especially
on side wind launches.
dh
At 07:23 PM
The winches use a coaster brake from a bicycle on the outside of the
winch. If you hook the chain over the sprocket before launch it has a
positive brake, great for windy days or for using mono line.
Here is an old picture of my winch I found on my web site, one side you
will notice the
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The winches use a coaster brake from a bicycle on the outside of the
winch. If you hook the chain over the sprocket before launch it has a
positive brake, great for windy days or for using mono line
You really are missing the equation here.
Your grass trimmer line should have had little stretch and would only
show the bad side of mono.
To get what you really want the plane, winch line, winch motor and wind
are part of the equation
Mono is very useful in launching on a Ford winch but the
At 07:39 PM 3/5/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
HI James and others,
we used to use coaster sprockets on our old winches (pre moulded models)
when we pulled less tension and they worked pretty well, but as the setup of
the models got better we started destroying them fairly regularly. We now
use KK
Rick wrote:
Now if I remember correctly I believe Dennis Phelan, Joe Wurts and Mike
Lachowski share one thing in common - left handed . No two things - they
are all winners. So addressing the rest of us mere mortals it goes
something like this. Left foot on the pedal. Feet wide apart. Plane
The old coaster sprockets just aren't what they used to be. They are
not really designed for the RPM of a winch. When I used to use them
long ago, I found some brands that held up. Cheap ones didn't make the
first launch. I use KK-25 one-way bearings now.
Generally if they hold up a few
You guys have braided line!
My sister has braided hair!
(very tongue in cheek!)
The impression that I get is that there are very few competitions to FAI
rules in the US? is there any particular reason for this?
The main reason I can perceive is that not everybody wants to own a
winch?
The
We have winches, but they use a starter motor of a USA car (FORD longshaft)
instead of a bosch type motor. These winches are typically much stronger
than an FAI winch, and are typically spooled up with braided twine instead
of mono, which tends to last a little longer than mono. (Especially
At 10:41 PM 3/3/2005, you wrote:
The impression that I get is that there are very few competitions to FAI
rules in the US? is there any particular reason for this?
The main reason I can perceive is that not everybody wants to own a
winch?
In the US, there are two attitudes about FAI rules. A
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