On Monday, October 7, 2019 at 11:26:36 AM UTC-7, SoaringXCellence wrote:
George,

I don't see him on RAS anymore, but you might check with Bill Daniels. He has been promoting automated winches for many years and may have details to share.

I'd check the SSA member locator for his contact information.

Mike B.

Mike,

Thanks. I have worked with Bill for over 15 years on advanced winching. I originated many of the winch tension control, semi-automation, and battery-electric drive concepts employed in his designs. I have discussed the need for this model with him previously and he does not have the needed skills for this analysis. I have been active in the WinchDesign and WinchEngineer winching forums and have made similar solicitations for help there over the years with no success. I decided to try RAS to expand the audience that might contain, or help identify, someone with the right skills that would be interested in this problem. Again, if anyone would read the problem statement at the beginning of this thread and might know of someone that would be a good fit for this problem I would greatly appreciate their forwarding the solicitation to them for their review.

-George