Re: Re: [RCSE] Upstart stretch?

2001-02-12 Thread Bill Harris
This has been a good thread. Here is what I need to do: at our slope site we have to launch 14-26 ounce foamies (many times Zagi wings) off the slope into 10-25 mph winds. Trees down below generate turbulence to 8-10' above the launch zone, so what we need is an upstart/bungee system to pop

Re: [RCSE] Upstart stretch?

2001-02-12 Thread Dick Williamson
Dave, You said: >Using a 50 ft piece of rubber and some nylon line (50 ft ?) to create an >upstart (or mini-hi-start), what is the normal max stretch allowed. I heard >3 to 1. Is that 100 ft of stretch making the final length of the rubber >150 ft or is the stretch itself 3 to 1 making the st