On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:29:41 GMT, "Bill Daniels"
wrote:

You know, Andreas, I guess it's possible that they lied and then faked a
video of the launch but I think it's more likely that they really did what
they said since a lot of independent people are watching carefully. It
could be that Lippmann gets high launches because they really know their
stuff.

No need to fake anything, Bill...

I've seen at least a dozen of 3.000ft+ launches of them, but with
6.500 ft of rope it's pretty easy to get high if the wind is strong
enough.
Of course with such long ropes the light weight of the plastic starts
to play a role - the longer the rope, the more advantageous gets a
light rope.

With the standard rope length of about 4.000 ft the height advantage
compared to our steel cable (on a slightly stronger winch) is
impossible to judge visually.


Bye
Andreas