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Old January 27th 06, 10:26 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Winch Launch Stresses on Vintage Gliders

Agreed, however we have found that gust loads that break one, generally
break two, and we've taken to a policy of using only one TOST dog bone
at a time. Recently at the beginning of the day we found someone had
assembled a TOST assembly with two dog bones. The chief instructor
took it apart and found two round holed links. We think a single dog
bone of the proper rating is sufficient.

Frank Whiteley