The retriever that out club has been using has a
setup that uses a flattened ring to connect the retriever line to the winch
line, acting as a slider.
I've personally been using a hard connection of
dual swivels on the retriever line to a ring on the winch line with about 3 feet
to the chute and have had good results, but another user thought that his plane
was near stall just after release and thinks it may be related to the hard
connection instead of the slider.
Thoughts, experience?
Tom Koszuta
Western New York Sailplane and Electric Flyers Buffalo, NY |