Question?? How can I/you setup say six winches to be the same?? say we have six of the winch Doctors winches, all with real balls that can be timed. How can you meter them to all be the same?? do they have to be under a load when checking them? all of them are 12 volts. sum are with single 12 volt batteries and others with two 6 volt batteries.?? Lee
Daryl Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:12:07 -0700 From: Daryl Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [RCSE] re:contest launch equipment vs large models To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Soaring@airage.com Mike Smith pretty much hit the nail on the head. The problem isn't the line. The problem isn't the size of the model. Our TD style winches are unnecessarily strong. I'd love to see the winches restricted at major contests. I'm always going to fly large wingspan models at an UNLIMITED thermal duration contest. I like the way they perform. Period. Sorry, but my newest model is 3.9M or 153.5". It wasn't designed for F3J. It was designed for US style UNLIMITED thermal duration. I often hear CD's complain about guys launching hard. I understand your need to keep the contest moving. But blaming the competitor for being competitive???? Ummmm... it's a CONTEST!!! We're competing. You can't expect a competitor to back off on his competitive spirit. He needs to be allowed to do whatever he feels he needs to do to gain a competitive advantage. Using the line as the "weak link" is not only unfair, it's dangerous. Limiting winch power is a great way to guarantee winch equality across the board. Visalia's winches are unbelievably weak, and they have very few line breaks. SWC winches are usually pretty strong, but are inconsistent from one winch to the next, and change over the course of the day. The NATS has the strongest winches I've ever used, and they use rope line to keep things going. I know... the darn things ruined a perfectly good Insanity. Don't limit the models. Don't limit the line size or perceived breaking strength. Limit the available winch power, and you'll begin to see models optimized for that available power. Darylperkins.com LLC. 1600 McCulloch Blvd. 5B Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 www.darylperkins.com --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.