On Thu, 04 Jun 2020 21:07:02 -0700, son_of_flubber wrote:

On Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 6:38:23 PM UTC-4, Kenz Dale wrote:

3) No chance of ripping the wings off the plane due to an
over-exuberant winch operation

That possibility is reliably eliminated by a calibrated weak link in the
winch launch rope.

Good modern winches monitor and adjust cable tension rather than blindly
using throttle position. Skylaunch units have a basic (analog?) computer
which accepts the glider type and surface wind speed before each launch.
I've yet to have a bad launch off one.


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