How Many Ways to Launch?

I believe the Wright brothers used a falling weight
tied to a pulley system -- 22




At 04:00 27 December 2004, Steve Bralla wrote:
In article , Nyal Williams
writes:

At 17:00 26 December 2004, Shawn wrote:
OscarCVox wrote:
OK, I'll bite: name 10 (listing different makes
of
tow vehicles or of tow
planes does not count)


Hmm I will try
1) Autotow
2) reverse pully auto tow
3) Winch
3a) winch with winch retrieve
4) Bungey
5) Shoulder launch
6) aerotow
7) Horse tow ( I know it sounds daft but I believe
that
they used a horse and a
tow rope at Dunstable pre war)

Now i am stuck. Any others?


8)Balloon drop. Seen it for hang gliders
9)Helicopter drop (tail first-done in airshows)
10)Rocket launch
11)Aircraft drop-like Space Ship 1, X-n
12)Pay-out winch
13)Catapult? (How much altitude could you get off the
deck of a carrier?)
How about:
14) Hillside launch (rolling - only good for smaller/lighter
ships)
4) Bungee launch (requires being on a hill)
15) Self-launch (Eric's favorite)
16) Foot launch (for ultralights)
17) Kite launch (needs a lot of wind and some form
of
mental
defect on the part of all concerned)
18?) Tornado launch (typical in central and southern
US
- always with bad results)

and I'll add
19) Airship tow
20) Airship drop
21) Greased Board
We might get to 50!

Steve
Only 3 of the 21so far for me.

"Andy Blackburn" wrote in message
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I believe the Wright brothers used a falling weight
tied to a pulley system -- 22


Also the proposed launch system for the "Colditz Cock" -- bathtub down a
chimney launch.

Tim Ward