SAFE Winch Launching

On Jul 21, 9:26*pm, bildan wrote:
On Jul 21, 4:12*pm, tommytoyz wrote:

Perhaps the way to go is just buy a good used winch from a European
club. What was the offered price again for that old Tost winch at
Lasham?

Actually, if you look at the German web sitewww.segelflug.declick on
the English flag and then on "commercials" (and discover it's still in
German) but persist by scrolling down to "Biete Sonstiges", (other
gear) you find several used European winches for sale along with a lot
of other interesting glider stuff.

However, you're right. *Shipping costs are a deal killer. *Most likely
it's still better to build your own.

From what I hear, shipping costs are not high at the moment, even for
40ft containers. Ro-ro may be a cheaper option on some, especially if
self propelled. It will be a small percentage of the total cost.

Your bigger obstacle is finding the right site. It may not be your
current site. But if you use the modern synthetic ropes, it will open
up many more options than trying to use steel.

Frank Whiteley

Frank Whiteley