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Old December 9th 16, 08:24 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Pete Smith[_5_]
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Default Winch Launch - Fatal

No, the position changes subtly.

On my cirrus and N2 it is at the lower left of the stick box quadrant, on
the
N3 in question and later gliders it is in the upper left.

Please read the accident report and its conclusions.

At 02:17 09 December 2016, Scott Williams wrote:
There are few things in this world which arise out of nothing, The

release
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location in schempp hirth gliders just inside the pilots left knee/thigh
is=
at least as old as the austrias and the shk s. the later cirri and

ventus
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, etc, were continuing a design feature which had worked in the past.
The potential interference may never have been reported due to the rare
and=
lethal nature of the adverse event.
Scott.