Winch Launch Safety Study

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Bill said:
"... the tension should be the maximum safe value."

OK, let me try this again. Maybe you'll understand this question:

1. In your opinion, what is the maximum safe value expressed in g, for
he initial launch phase?
2. Who else agrees with your position that the initial launch phase
should be aggressive? In this thread alone, nobody agrees with you.
Where are all these people? Mr. George Moore has also said he
advocates a slower launch than you do on the Yahoo groups site.
"Bill has advocated higher ground acceleration rates than I am
generally comfortable with."

I haven't heard a single person support what you advocate. Whatever
you find, please with verifiable quotes.

- And I don't know were your get your sense of what rude is, but
publicly and falsely claiming I am misrepresenting my identity without
any proof on your part what so ever, certainly is rude behavior.

I would support a fair bit of what Bill says, which may be why my previos post has been ignored.

Many of our sports members fall into the old dogs and new tricks area, I have a feeling the more experience one has in anything, the more they push against change, especially as we grow older.

I must disagree with Dereks' statement on measuring tension as well, it is a simple thing to do. Perhaps it hasnt been done, sure, but its not hard. (Caveat- I sell loadcells and measurement equipment for a living)

As I have stated, If we can identify we have a problem (we do, people have died) why would we not change? Technology is allowing change, embrace it.
If, with respect of time, we see we were wrong and can change back, what harm? At least we tried.

We can set up winches to do any damn thing we like, every time, regardless of wind gusts, temperature changes, altitute differences, ballast, number of pilots, student requirements, winchperson ability, emergency airspace violations etc, etc. So lets!

If you dis-agree, dont fly off the new winch, simple!


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