www.atagulf.com was the place recommended to me for cheap Korean mono.
Approximately $9 per kilometer. Apparently, however, the stuff is not
particularly stretchy so I plan to use it just for sport flying without much
zoom. If it knots up while I am learning to handle a winch on mono, I will
strip it off and throw it in the garbage and restring some more since the stuff
is cheap.
You could potentially buy it directly from the chinese factory as well...
http://www.richn.com.cn/products1_en.htm was a link that popped up on a google
search.
It is said around here that gliding friends don't let other gliding friends fly
on braid. It is also said that flying from non-stretchy Korean mono is a better
alternative, any day, than braid. :-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Jo Grini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon 3/7/2005 4:27 AM
To: soaring@airage.com
Cc:
Subject: [RCSE] Re: Winch Line
A little late but it takes time to read it all :-)
You can actually buy fishing line... It is almost the same and the cost
is nothing compared to the mono they say. Personally I have not tried it. It IS
the same line as you can buy in hobby shops but the there is a possibillty to
buy a line that might have been produced with another spec than you wanted.
So if you need cheap line go to a a shop or company that sell thick
fishing line for commercial use. Expect to buy a lot at the same time.
Normally I use 1,25mm to 1,45 deppending on the conditions. For
competition that matters I always put on a new line. Most common places to buy
is Emc-Vega or Fischer. Earlier we also bought some "japan-line" but the
contact seems gone. Fischer line is a bit more "strechy" so you can use thicker
line and still have a good bungee effect in the zoom.
BTW I use different line for F3J than F3B... Then I use a
"pentagon-line" from Emc-Vega. And yes it looks like Pentagon :-) 5 edges to
cut the air faster. But on a winch it will run old very fast.
Hilsen (Regards) Jojo
www.grini.no
