Bill,
Check out the Soaring Section of MA...
There is a really nice wirte up on winches there.
It is not worth the time and effort to build your own anymore,
If you want a really nice kit check out:
http://www.superskeg.com/ Tim McCann Has a real nice kit for 285.00
You can buy you motor from :
Tom Bianchi of http://www.injoy-1.com/
or buyt a really nice winch and motor from the WInch Doctor at http://www.monkeytumble.com/winchdoc/index.htm
The INJOY site indicates they have new, not remanufactured motors, which is interesting (custom? or is Ford using them again?)
More Ford Long Shaft motor sources...
George Voss (Soaring Specialties): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg62364.html http://www.soaringspecialties.com/
Don Willis: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg81384.html
FWIW, I have a Winch Doctor Winch (WDW). The Doc snapped a picture before shipping it: http://isoar.ca/~andrewm/rc/images/my_winch-1.jpg My launching links are at: http://isoar.ca/~andrewm/bkmks/RC/Sailplane_Launch/ My winch wiring diagrams: http://isoar.ca/~andrewm/rc/winch/wiring.html My winch solenoid LED indicators: http://isoar.ca/~andrewm/rc/winch/index.html
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