Good discussions and comments. Glad to see you stepping up Rick and
testing the waters.
I for one think that the line is getting too heavy because the
winches are just too powerful.
So who's going to draft and propose the rules change? Should the
wording and strength be same as F3B winches?
I do not think monofilament will work on "borrowed" club winches it
will just get too torn up and will be expensive to maintain. Bad
monofilament line will break and delay a contest more than a FLS
with 150# line.
What will it cost to retrofit FLS winches to meet the new specification?
At 05:02 PM 12/20/2007, Rick Bothell wrote:
Thanks you Mike for suggesting a resistor. I just finished making 6
resistors for the CASL Phoenix contest in February for the sole
purpose of making less powerful Ford Long Shaft winches. The
winches will be less powerful than last years winches because of the
many line breaks last year. The line breaks really slowed down the
contest even though we had several experienced winch/retriever
operators there to repair the lines. So, you people coming to
Phoenix in February, start tapping the winch lines to get a feel for
winches with resistors. Rick
Rick Bothell www.handsfreeretriever.com
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