On Monday, January 23, 2012 8:26:31 PM UTC-7, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Jan 23, 3:10*pm, Brad wrote:

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



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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



TOST nose hook won't back release, back to the drawing board you two!

The Lark Tost nose hook would back release. Probably just because they didn't want to stock different hooks at the factory.