In article ,
Martin Gregorie wrote:

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 17:39:28 +1300, "goneill"
wrote:

We are not talking a huge effect here

Agreed. I was watching launches at Auckland a few weeks ago and didn't
notice any gross bungee effects. All the launches I saw looked pretty
smooth.

I took a couple of winch launches at Puhipuhi in a Janus on I think poly
rope last week. Seemed pretty smooth, and I didn't notice bad effects
from stretching. Not that I got much height from my own pathetic
attempt (less than 1000 ft), but it was enough to get away...

-- Bruce