On 29 Oct 2003 23:17:50 -0800, (Marcel
Duenner) wrote:


I still fail to understand why any winch or cabel failure should lead
to an accident. With or without radio. With or without wind. With or
without water ballast.
Be prepared.

100% agree.

I sometimes get the impression that in case of a glider-winch radio
connection the glider pilot tends to rely on his radio commands
("faster" - "slower") to correct a sub-optimum situation. Which
obviously not works in all cases and then might lead to an even worse
situation.

In case of no glider-winch connection the glider pilot completely
relies on himself and takes the according action if a certain
parameter (e-g. speed) exceeds the (his) limits.
Bye
Andreas