Auto-Towing - why is this not more popular?

son_of_flubber wrote 2015/15/10 at 00:20:

On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 4:42:04 PM UTC-4, Werner Schmidt wrote:

http://filehorst.de/d/bputbHxH

That is a risky click/link. Tried to install malware on my computer.

oh? abload.de (for pictures only) and filehorst.de (new for files) are
not known as a "bad" site, so I chosed it to upload my video there.

Could you tell more details? The only thing I see is that it tries to
run scripts from adcash.com and adshot.de - oh. Adcash.com seems to be
the villain. Didn't see the problem, 'cause I've installed the addon
"NoScript" in firefox on my PC.

Sorry for that. I'll search for another filehoster and send a new link.
May take a while.

Thank you very much for the hint / warning!

Regards
Werner

On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 7:46:54 PM UTC-4, Werner Schmidt wrote:
son_of_flubber wrote 2015/15/10 at 00:20:

On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 4:42:04 PM UTC-4, Werner Schmidt wrote:

http://filehorst.de/d/bputbHxH

That is a risky click/link. Tried to install malware on my computer.

oh? abload.de (for pictures only) and filehorst.de (new for files) are
not known as a "bad" site, so I chosed it to upload my video there.

Could you tell more details? The only thing I see is that it tries to
run scripts from adcash.com and adshot.de - oh. Adcash.com seems to be
the villain. Didn't see the problem, 'cause I've installed the addon
"NoScript" in firefox on my PC.

Sorry for that. I'll search for another filehoster and send a new link.
May take a while.

Thank you very much for the hint / warning!

Regards
Werner

I'm running Chrome browser on Chrome OS (Chromebook) with Avast antivirus. NOT running Adblock, it's not usually a problem on the sites I visit. This setup errs on the side of caution for malware, so other folks might not see a problem.

On the link you posted, I got a large pop-up for a 'dating website', when I clicked on the X to make the popup go away, the alarm went off.

Gee, thanks Herb! My comfort level is 700' so you must be more
dangerous than I am... 8-)


On 10/14/2015 3:42 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 3:50:43 PM UTC-5, Werner Schmidt wrote:
kirk.stant wrote 2015/10/12 at 22:21:

You found us!
wasn't too hard :-)

We have talked about trying to get a winch demo at our field to find
out it we should look more carefully at a winch - but as we already
have 2 nice Pawnees, there is not much interest.
Fuel still too cheap? ;-)

(But I do love towing with the Pawnee... ;^)
Oh, I understand, however i'm not flying powered planes :-)

As an aside, one of the disadvantages of using aero tow is that
everybody gets used to 3000' tows and can't thermal down low! Even on
booming days I'll tow them through the house thermal at 2000' but
they will grimly hang on then release in sink, spot on 3000' agl.
Arrggghh!
Yeah. Arrggghh. I like the winch; it's more of a sport and it's training
your skills. And I also like to sit on the winch and launch my fellow
pilots!

But I will bring up your point at our next club meeting (tomorrow) -
maybe we can get some interest going.
Ah, and now, how did it work out?

Regards
Werner
Danke Werner!

Winch training is in my humble opinion the key to being comfortable down low (shout-out to Dan for sticking to his un-popular views). I release from aero-tow at 1,000' if I can but mostly hang on to 1,500. If I go higher the towpilot asks me what's wrong today. Once or twice a year I have to take a relight. I cherish the feeling of connecting and working a weak thermal early in the day and making my own altitude. If it doesn't work for others, I don't care. Close to the field my personal limit is 500'. Instructors use me as the 'bad example'. Of course I modify in high winds and on days with broken-up thermals. Wouldn't want to miss my training on the winch back in Oerlinghausen and at the Luftsportverein Hameln.

Herb

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Dan, 5J

Hi Werner. Dropbox works well as does google drive. I don't know if
they're US only or international. Youtube is also easy.

On 10/14/2015 5:46 PM, Werner Schmidt wrote:
son_of_flubber wrote 2015/15/10 at 00:20:

On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 4:42:04 PM UTC-4, Werner Schmidt
wrote:

http://filehorst.de/d/bputbHxH

That is a risky click/link. Tried to install malware on my computer.

oh? abload.de (for pictures only) and filehorst.de (new for files) are
not known as a "bad" site, so I chosed it to upload my video there.

Could you tell more details? The only thing I see is that it tries to
run scripts from adcash.com and adshot.de - oh. Adcash.com seems to be
the villain. Didn't see the problem, 'cause I've installed the addon
"NoScript" in firefox on my PC.

Sorry for that. I'll search for another filehoster and send a new
link. May take a while.

Thank you very much for the hint / warning!

Regards
Werner


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Dan, 5J

On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 17:12:23 -0700, son_of_flubber wrote:

On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 7:46:54 PM UTC-4, Werner Schmidt
wrote:
son_of_flubber wrote 2015/15/10 at 00:20:

On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 4:42:04 PM UTC-4, Werner Schmidt
wrote:

http://filehorst.de/d/bputbHxH

That is a risky click/link. Tried to install malware on my computer.

oh? abload.de (for pictures only) and filehorst.de (new for files) are
not known as a "bad" site, so I chosed it to upload my video there.

Could you tell more details? The only thing I see is that it tries to
run scripts from adcash.com and adshot.de - oh. Adcash.com seems to be
the villain. Didn't see the problem, 'cause I've installed the addon
"NoScript" in firefox on my PC.

Sorry for that. I'll search for another filehoster and send a new link.
May take a while.

Thank you very much for the hint / warning!

Regards
Werner

I'm running Chrome browser on Chrome OS (Chromebook) with Avast
antivirus. NOT running Adblock, it's not usually a problem on the sites
I visit. This setup errs on the side of caution for malware, so other
folks might not see a problem.

On the link you posted, I got a large pop-up for a 'dating website',
when I clicked on the X to make the popup go away, the alarm went off.

I run Adblock Edge and Ghostery, primarily because I HATE ads that jiggle
and flash. Didn't see anything amiss (or any ads) on that site.

Flub might want to revisit his no ad-blocker policy because crims are now
using advertising sites as their malware delivery service.


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |

"Winch launch will never drop the rope anywhere except right in front of the winch unless the rope breaks"

Really? Well I guess I had better get cracking on getting restitution from BC Hydro about those three times a winch cable allegedly dropped across the HV power lines since I now have it on good authority that those incidents never happened.

On Friday, October 16, 2015 at 8:16:07 AM UTC+3, wrote:
"Winch launch will never drop the rope anywhere except right in front of the winch unless the rope breaks"

Really? Well I guess I had better get cracking on getting restitution from BC Hydro about those three times a winch cable allegedly dropped across the HV power lines since I now have it on good authority that those incidents never happened.

I guess it depends on a certain level of skill from the operator :-)

At my local winch site, it's not uncommon in a crosswind with a student pilot to see the glider and cable crossing above a row of trees and even the adjacent river. But the parachute still ends up hitting the ground on the field and 50 meters from the winch. Unless the rope breaks. Then you can have fun.

son_of_flubber wrote 2015/10/15 at 02:12:

On the link you posted, I got a large pop-up for a 'dating website',
when I clicked on the X to make the popup go away, the alarm went
off.

so it's as I supposed: the adhoster is the villain, not the filehoster
himself. However, not a fun. No filehoster should give such an adhoster
room for his bloody work. I'll change my filehoster and send a new link.

Regards
Werner

Dan Marotta wrote 2015/10/15 at 02:25:

Hi Werner. Dropbox works well as does google drive. I don't know if
they're US only or international.

the latter. Now I registered there, and this link should work:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/eep9qexp32htpdi/MVI_4992.AVI?dl=0

Regards
Werner

wrote on 2015/10/2015 at 23:42:

I release from aero-tow at 1,000' if I can but mostly hang on to
1,500.

that's about what our winch can give, as I said, depending on wind,
glider type, skill of pilot, and winch driver.

If I go higher the towpilot asks me what's wrong today.
[...]
Instructors use me as the 'bad example'.

:-)

Of course I modify in high winds and on days with broken-up thermals.

There are bold pilots and there are old pilots ...

Regards
Werner