wrote in message
oups.com...
For pilots who winch launch regularly, the definition of normal flight
attitudes is greatly expanded. But I think you'll all agree that it is
a highly specialized type of flying (even if you are used to it).

Probably nine out of ten glider launches world wide are by winch. I think
we are the minority using air tow.

Pull on the stick to go faster. Push to go slower.
Wrong. With a tension controlled winch, pull to slow and push to go faster
just like in free flight. If the glider speeds up when you pull, the winch
driver is giving WAY too much throttle.

If the cable breaks, no messing around... stick right forward until the
nose is well below the
horizon, then ease it back gently, paying attention to your airspeed.

No abrupt control inputs are needed. Just lower the nose without undue
delay, insure safe airspeed and land normally

Abrupt control motions, significantly reduced g, large angles of nose
up and nose down, close to the ground, special considerations regarding
turns... sounds to me like a pretty threatening environment, sort of
like taking off downwind at gross from a short runway. Deserves some
special consideration. And occasional reexamination to prevent the
complacency of experience.

OC, you really need to get a modern winch checkout. You have some very
strange and wrongheaded ideas about winch launch.

Bill Daniels