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Old November 1st 07, 10:10 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Andreas Maurer[_1_]
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Default Winch launch speed versus height gain

On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:43:47 -0300, "Charles Yeates"
wrote:

Lowest safe speed gains most height -- twenty years experience with Bluenose
winch


Definitely not with our 280 hp Turbo Diesel winch and an ASK-21.

90 kp/h gets about 350 meters, 115 kp/h gets over 400 meters.



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Andreas
 




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