On Jan 23, 12:51*pm, BobW wrote:
On 1/23/2012 12:01 PM, Frank Whiteley wrote:









On Jan 23, 11:13 am, *wrote:
On Jan 19, 7:16 pm, Frank *wrote:

As found on Barnstormers.com

GLIDER WINCH CLINIC IN SO CAL • $375 • EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT • YOU'RE
INVITED! • Instruction on flight and operations of winch launching
with a modern winch built by Roman Wrosz. Space limited. March 9-11,
2012. Fly-in or drive to Jacumba, CA (L78). The demonstration and
training flights performed in the beautiful Schweizer 2-33. Four hours
of ground instruction, followed by two days of flight school. •
Contact Bud Robinson - ASSOCIATED GLIDER CLUBS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
Friend of Owner - located San Diego, CA USA • Telephone:619-436-8010begin_of_the_skype_highlighting * * * * * *619-436-8010

Excuse me for appearing stupid, but I was under the impression that
you needed a CG hook to winch launch and that a Schweizer hook was
especially bad to use because when the tow cable is approaches 90
degrees to the release arm, the bale (name? *thing the pilot actually
moves during a release) is under so much load that it cannot be pulled
aft. * * I'd like to know more. *Thanks, John

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I've winched launched 2-33's a lot from the nose hook with no
problems. *My greater concern is fouling the strop in the skid. *Not
aware of any that have failed to back release at the power cut that
I've launched, but the pilots always pull twice anyway. *Plan B is cut
the rope.

Frank Whiteley

"What Frank said." For several winters back in the (I think) 1990s various
SSB-ers used to winch launch our nose-hook-only-equipped 2-33. Other than
noticeable elevator separation/porpoising on the way up if one "over-pulled",
all was utterly straightforward. Of course we did "the usual pushover" at the
top of the arc, firmly/fully pulled the release twice, and visually verified
successful release before initiating any turn. Plan B was to chop the
(single-strand, well-logging) wire at the winch. Plan C was to circle to a
close-in-to-the-winch landing pointed at the winch.

Never had a hook-related/release issue of which I was aware. Plan A always
worked without drama.

Regards,
Bob W.

So.......................I could winch launch my glider using the nose
mounted Tost unit?

That would be great!

Brad