Hi Jack, Not sure where you have been in the USA soaring world but winches became standardize a long time ago. Ford long shaft motors, and braided line.
I doubt there is an active contest winch that doesn't have Real Balls and 6 volt winds. As far as limiting the length of the line, its a really good way to beat up airframes for sure, and line too...but who is it you are challenging? DP? MS? SM? BC? or even me? Most guys who end up in the top 20ish around the country will end up in the same group regardless of launch height. I trying to figure out where the logic is that if the lines are shorter or the winches weaker, the automatic result will be those guys normally under that group will suddenly rise up and win enough wood to keep their winter homes warm. Lower launches, shorter lines just mean less possible thumb mistakes available to those of us who manage to fly thru obvious lift...and less minutes of flying for the day..and for the money...gas, entry fee, food, motels, airlines, rental car..money. Sounds like a receipe for shorter....attendance. The penalty is to the less than top skilled pilots. the benefit is to the top skilled pilots. So I'm ready to hear where the logic that having a crappier launch system will make a better, fairer contest..and create a bigger participation draw. Here's one way to decide on winch line length...divide the cost of attending a contest per man into the distance from the winch to the turn around. Want to prove how great a sailplane pilot you are? Finish your LSF program, and help your clubmates do it too. Gordy -- Gordysoar ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gordysoar's Profile: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=12801 View this thread: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=794683 RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
