"Gary Boggs" wrote in message
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It's too bad our ridge is 3 miles away. It's just a little too far to get
to from a winch launch. I did catch the wave from a winch launch right
over
the airport, climbed to 9K, and then flew to our main wave behind 11,240
foot Mt. Hood. Normally it's hard to get away from our airport from a
winch
launch though.


What if you could increase the winch release height to more than 2000 feet?
Three miles at 35:1 in a modern trainer would lose maybe 300 feet and you
could still get back if the ridge isn't working.

Modern high performance winches will deliver more than 2000' pretty
consistently. How much room do you have for a winch operation?

Bill Daniels