I use the Hosemonster unlimited short bungee Aerofoam sells and it works great for landings, many times you can thermal out from that altitude also. But beware, make sure all is well with your plane before launching. There is a lot of energy stored there, I launched a almost new Compulsion, had some elevator problems on launch- it buried the plane into the grass clear up to the wing leading edge! F#$k me! The brand new FS01 wings were destroyed on their 3rd flight-wing rod was totally tweaked also. Amazingly, the fuse was undamaged- that Compulsion fuse is WAY more robust than it looks. Walter --- GG
On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 07:19:54 Aerofoam wrote: > >> What is the shortest bungee you'd dare to launch an open class sailplane >> with? I'd like to get it about 50 ft high to practice landings. What >> diameter tubing would be best? > >Most people use the standard 1/2" x 25' bungee, >($38.00 shipped with connectors installed.) >This will take the average open class plane to over 100ft. >If you tape a hook on 2" forward of the normal location, >you can catapult the plane to higher launches. >I also have very short catapult bungees for landing practice. >These are 15ft. of unlimited class rubber with connectors. >($28.00 shipped) These also can be used with or without line. >They are slightly less powerful than the 1/2" rubber and also >have less duration of pull. The resulting launch is 50 to 100' depending >on the weight of the plane. These are good for shooting landings, it >only takes about 30 paces to launch the plane, so you don't spend >much time chasing down the gear. > >Mark Mech >www.aerofoam.com > > >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. > ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus 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.
