On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 15:13:35 -0500, Montblack
wrote:
Any photos out there of a glider winch launcher? Is it a vehicle launching
thingy or a Wright Brothers kind of contraption?

The Wright Brothers kind of contraption is a tow plane :-)

The winch at the Andreas club is on the back of an old 7 ton truck.
The winch machinery itself consists of a Jaguar XJ6 4.2 litre straight
six engine, transmission and final drive, which turns a drum of steel
cable. The winch operator sits in a cage, and has all the Jaguar
controls (switches, gas pedal, brake) and additionally has a handle which
operates a cable cutting guillotine should the cable need to be cut.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"