> Launching horizontally can probably be done with almost no throw I should have put more emphasis on the "probably" part of this post. I didn't mean to imply that not throwing was a recommended technique, it was just to point out that with a horizontal launch, a bad throw won't usually turn out to be a disaster. In some cases, with lighter/weaker gliders (like my DAW 1-26 2m) that can't take a lot of pre-tension, it's difficult to get the timing right for a throw. In my case, I hold the glider in a throwing position, but let the winch "trigger" my throw, which is pretty close to just letting the winch do the work. I step on the pedal for about 1 second which has my little 2.5 pound glider moving pretty quick, then tap about 50% duty cycle for the remainder of the launch. I've seen one brave soul winch a somewhat delicate gull wing glider, using maybe 30% duty cycle to launch his glider, his "throwing" technique was similar to mine. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
