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01-21-2007, 09:24 PM
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GRAVITY SUCKS
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: florida
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never had this happen
today when flying, on my what was to last flight my sailplane got stuck on the winch line.
 it was spiraling down and poof it came off. i got it back in one piece but the tow line sawed my rudder in half. i have never seen this happen before, at least not on a winch. i have seen it happen on a hi-start. man it was a fight to try and keep the plane upright. if the line wouldnt have poped of it would have been totaled. the sailplane god was looking down that time . just got done making a new tail (vertical). sorry no pics it happened too fast
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01-22-2007, 10:58 AM
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Burn Gas.. Bend wings.
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Kentucky
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Re: never had this happen
the is odd, iv only know that to happen on fullscalers, every then, manual release, but with a tow hook, seems odd it would do that... glad you got it down!
mike
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01-22-2007, 07:08 PM
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GRAVITY SUCKS
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Re: never had this happen
yea me to, i thought it was a goner for shure. it was a sick site watching it happen and not being able to do anything about it. i thought it was the wind maby, it was blowing hard. well over 15 mph and gusting higher. or maby i got off the winch to fast, or or or or or or haha
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01-22-2007, 11:22 PM
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Burn Gas.. Bend wings.
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Kentucky
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Re: never had this happen
i had my 2m kite on a highstart once, wouldnt come off, the wind was high and it pretty much became a kite hanging onthe line ,, got some great altitude off that one hahaha
mike
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01-22-2007, 11:45 PM
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Hmmm...tastes like chicken!!!!
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Louisville,KY
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Re: never had this happen
How high did it go?!
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01-22-2007, 11:49 PM
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Burn Gas.. Bend wings.
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Re: never had this happen
it pulled the high start up,, id guess it was 300 ft maybe, then flew backwards to the tree line cuase the wind was to strong haha, never did that again,
mike
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01-30-2007, 02:00 AM
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Flyin' Around
 Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SF,CA
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Re: never had this happen
I had the line from a heavy high-start wrap around the tailboom of a 2 meter once. That was "interesting". I had to duve at the stake, but keep circling within the length of the string. I must have flown about 30 laps before it slowed down enough to land.
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01-30-2007, 09:50 PM
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GRAVITY SUCKS
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: florida
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Re: never had this happen
yep slope ive seen that done several times. but never on a winch
still dont know what happened but i will fly this weekend and see if my fix worked or my new modified tail will work as planned i made a bigger rudder because there was not that much authority with the tail before sooo, ill see if i made it better or shot myself 
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