I gave away the large Sears deep cycle battery I used for the May contest.
It was too heavy for my back to handle. Same for the Ford winch. So I
dropped back to a small Lucas 35 starter and a Bosch permanent magnet
starter. To get good launches I use the very stretchy Advantage 130 line.
I use a better garden tractor battery with it.. Next May I will buy another
battery to go with the Ford long shaft winch with "real balls" for the
contest then give the battery away at the end.
As a kid I destroyed my ability to throw anything overhand so have never
attempted hand launch. The knees are pretty stale at this point too.
The gas powered winch not generator was published before 1980 in RCM but
they did not include any information on the individual pages so I have the
article but do not remember exactly when He also did a small electric
according to the article in 2/77 The gas is based on a Poulan chain saw.
finished weight was 12#.
Rick
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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 15:31:10 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Gas Powered Winches?
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In a message dated 9/7/00 1:29:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Anyone have experience with using a small 12V gas power generator for a
winch? >>
It's been done, even written up in the mags back when. Eric Sanders of
Compufoil frame built one that I saw before he moved away from the East,
maybe he will chime in.
Good Lift!
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