In message , Derek Copeland
writes
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Most of the serious winch launching accidents come into the following
categories:

1) Ground loop or cartwheel after catching a wingtip on the ground.
2) Flick spin due to over-rotating after lift off.
3) Stall/spin after a cable break or other launch failure.

These can be avoided respectively by:

a) Pulling the cable release knob if a wing drops.
b) Monitoring the airspeed and controlling the rate of rotation to not
more than 10 degrees/second.

And not starting to rotate unless the winch is managing to accelerate
the glider. When that happens, pull off, and aviate back to the ground.
The issues I know of in that situation are lowering the nose to far and
slamming into the ground, and pulling the airbrakes too early (before
the glider is at a normal approach speed) and again slamming into the
ground.

c) Lowering the nose to the recovery attitude and regaining a safe
airspeed before attempting any further manoeuvres. Also learning the most
suitable options for landing safely from various heights.

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