At 10:32 PM 7/18/2002, Steve Meyer wrote: >Mark, but how long does it take for a plane to rotate to a near vertical >dive. Before that happens the tension will be gone. That is why you will >pass up the chute.
More important, all of the good energy built up in the line and in the airframe will be mostly if not entirely lost in the transition to the steep dive before any reasonable gain could be made by the winch pulling the model down the line. Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, AMA 592537 LSF 7560 Level III ICQ 6997780 R/C Soaring Page at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
