Dan G wrote:
Dan G wrote:

how should the winch driver feed the power in?

I received a very detailed reply in the Yahoo winch design group. With
permission, I reproduce it below:

Interesting ... but once more, beware of rules. Lots of factors can
make differences to technique: whether the drive is direct, fluid
flywheel or torque convertor, size of drums (and consequently inertia)
and turbocharged vs normally aspirated.

Ian