First off, take the Hi-start you now have and through it into the trash or if you think you might do some bungee launching in the future, save it, take the rubber and double it over and do that again so you now have 4 strands and it might be good for that. Secondly, call Rich at Holiday designs 919-835-0199, tell him what you're flying and he will fix you up with what you need.
G. > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 9:59 AM > To: Soaring (E-mail) > Subject: [RCSE] High start problem > > > Ok I will try to make this brief. > > I have been flying for about a month under the watchful eyes > of the local > flying club (Seminole Flying Club - Tallahassee) > who have been very informative and patient with me. > I have gotten my plane (a Spirit) set up trimmed balanced > etc. and have used > their highstart many many times for launching. > they use a Heavy duty high start and I typically stretch it > back 60 steps to > launch and have had no problems. > > Then Christmas rolls around and I look in the catalog which > says for a 2 > meter plane a standard highstart is what I need and > I tell the wife I want a Dynaflight standard Highstart for > Christmas, I know > there are 10 million brands of highstarts out there but I > had to make this easy on her or I was getting socks for christmas. > > Anyway I have been out (to a different field) 2 times now to > attempting to > use the new highstart which feels very soft compared to what > the ones the > guys > in the flying club own, I have pulled it back about 110 steps > launched into > the wind (7-8 mph tops) and when I get about 60 feet up > it seems to quit gaining altitude, nose down and then will > typically make a > weird twist and pop off of the high start. > > I know the quick answer is take the high start out to the > flying club and > have them check it out, but I have not been able > to make it out there due to schedule conflicts, rain etc. > > My guesses at what I need to do - > 1 my plane is too heavy for the high start and I need a heavy duty > 2 move my tow hook up or back due to a weaker high start > 3 try flying another field(I have not used it at the field > where the club > flies) this one has bad juju > 3 pull back the highstart 50 more steps > > Any suggestions > > > ____________________________________________________ > If we are what we eat, then I'm easy, fast, and cheap. > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send > "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
