Should probably shut up again since I have never launched on a braided
line.. But cant help it ;-)
Here in Norway we have recently (1,5years now) gone from towmen and teams
and to winches but still teams
(we still do towmen at the Nationals though).
In the first competition we found the biggest problem was that we wanted to
change starting positions but leave the winches. This resulted that your
team suddenly starts on a line and setup they have no control over. The
plane just did not know if the line was prepared proerly (checked) and if
the winch was set up properly. An improper winch can work ok for poor
launches but get badly wrong when a big model tugs hard...
Then there is an issue that some like thin line and maybe less diameter
while others like something else.
We ended up that your team needs to stay in one place with their winches but
switch landing spots.
Point is that as long as you have control of your equipment it is your fault
you pop of. But when you HAVE to borrow another winch because of how the
competition is set up you will have to ask the CD for a relaunch.
On all other competitions (non of those are man on man) the pilot will have
a relaunch if the line breaks or something goes wrong in the equipment. Even
in electrics we do this. Todays controllers (and even batteries) can play us
tricks that we can not control.
We want the best pilot but that also offcourse knows how to outlaunch
everybody else!
Cant wait to test those big winches on braided so I know what you are
talking about
Hilsen (Regards) Jojo (that do 1kw launches higher than most...)
www.grini.no
----- Original Message -----
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 07:42:26 -0500
From: Denny Zech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: soaring@airage.com
Subject: Re: [RCSE] pop offs...not good, rule worse
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Gordy,
I can see your points on line breaks, but pop offs are almost always in
the polots control, like landings. It takes some small amount of skill
to launch successfully, just like landing on the spot. If someone has
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