Naa,
Not at all,
All it takes is "time" and practice...
The TG3 is a really good place to start...stay with that and
Pratcice...practice....practice..
8-)
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Jack Strother
Granger, IN
LSF 2948
LSF Level V #117
LSF Official 1996 - 2004
CSS Gold
Jack Strother
Granger, IN
LSF 2948
LSF Level V #117
LSF Official 1996 - 2004
CSS Gold
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> Launching is one area I just can not seem to get right. I've launched two
> sailplanes ever. Each one maybe 20 or 30 times. No more. A DAW TG-3 and a
> Global Hobbies Easy Answer. I was/am lucky that both are/were plenty strong.
> If I'd have been winching a Gentle Lady, or Oly II, or almost all stock
> woodies like a Paragon, I'd broken the wings a dozen times from throwing it
> too hard, or tensioning up the line too much, or not starting to rythmically
> tap the pedal soon enough, or any combination.
>
> Then there are the times I don't throw it hard enough and stall it off the
> winch. Foamies bounce when you do that BTW. ESPECIALLY if you lay on the
> pedal thinking you can accelerate it to flying speed! :D
>
> There there is the 'throw it to the left', 'or to the right', or don't
> tension the line enough, or tension it too much and nearly rip the wings off,
> or I pop off early because I don't tap enough... just seem to generally screw
> up. Whereas most everyone else makes it seem effortless.
>
> I just figure it'll always be a bug-a-boo with me...
>
>
>
> =====
> ---------------------------------------
> Jeffrey D. Gortatowsky
> La Habra Heights, California
>
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