I get strange looks when I intentionally do this on the winch. I launch , and while
tapping the line, fly the plane not quit parallel to the ground ( at a Safe height ???
) and climb vertically when the plane is more perpendicular to the direction of the
wind.
Bill Harris wrote:
> I've been using the highstart for about a month, and have practiced a few crosswind
>launches. Some intentional for practice, some out of necessity with no other choice.
>
> Probably the most severe have been at my "formal" r/c field, B'ham R/C. The only
>place to set up the highstart is more or less along the runway, which was oriented @
>90 degrees to the wind direction that day.
>
> No disasters, but I did have to be quick on the rudder after the throw. Here is the
>situation: using an NSP std Highstart, 10 pounds tension on a GL. Facing the
>highstart stakeout, wind of 5-10mph from the right (90 deg). Throw, and the plane
>tends to veer to the left. Right rudder (to keep it off the ground), the plane
>climbs on the highstart line. The plane weathervanes into the wind (nose to the
>right), so the plane goes up on the highstart "sideways", at a right angle to the
>direction of "pull". I did a couple of launches this way without serious incident,
>so I guess this is the way this is supposed to react. But thinking it over, the
>physics of the geometry of the plane @90 deg to the launch line is odd, and it seems
>that I'm lucky it didn't pop off 10 feet off the ground.
>
> Am I doing crosswind launches OK? I don't want to tempt fate, but I realize that I
>won't always be ablt to launch into the wind.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Bill
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