On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:51:17 AM UTC-7, Piet Barber wrote:
I can't imagine a scenario where the nose wheel of a Duo Discus would touch the ground on a winch launch. The tail wheel, though -- you might be on to something.

On a winch launch you want to get to your climbing speed before laying back into the stick. In other words, no early back stick.

And even then, a winch launch lasts all of about 40 seconds. Assuming your were back on the stick too much too early and spun the tail wheel - it will stop being spun when you leave the ground (about 2 seconds into launch) and should be mostly spun down at time of release.

Regardless of technique, a balanced wheel will spin down smoother. Any way to check the wheel balance on the tail wheel?