On Tue, 06 Dec 2016 08:27:58 -0800, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:

What happened in this accident to cause the N3 to "flip over" in the
early stage of launch?

Read this:

https://assets.publishing.service.go...74a1317000923/
Schempp-Hirth_Nimbus-3_glider_G-EENN_06-13.pdf

Its the full AAIB report on this accident and contains full and useful
discussions about wing-drops during winch launches and of the importance
of cockpit layout with regard to interference between flying controls and
the hook release knob: both are relevant in this case.


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