Towplane accident at The Dalles, Oregon

Pete Reinhart wrote:
All,
I've seen the payout winch in the (flesh?, steel?)round.
It's mounted on the bak of a truck and is extremely well
thoght out. Even more intrigueing is that it appears to
be made out of "recycled parts".

Gary should write an article for soaring on it and offer
shematics or something.

This is the first I've heard of someone using a payout winch for our
kind of glider. I'm very curious, and hope Gary will provide more info
here. In particular, what are you using for a cable, how much cable is
out to start, how much is normally out at release, and what is the
typical launch height?

Marc