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Old December 20th 07, 11:53 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan G
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Default New 29 Palms Winchfest Video/Skylaunch Winch

On Dec 20, 6:54 pm, Del C
wrote:
Dan

Can I refer you back to my report on this winch!

For the record, pulling back harder reduced the airspeed
and easing forward increased it.

Cheers and Happy Xmas
Del C


Sorry, a goldfish brain moment on my part. Your experience with the
speed is the same as mine on a V8 LPG winch.

I think of the winch launch as a little bit like horse-riding - there
are two brains involved in controlling what happens next.... Both
pilot and winch driver control the speed to some degree, with the
winch driver having the ability to induce bigger speed excursions from
the optimum.


Dan