I'm talking about low level aerotow cable breaks, I have no winch experience.
In my 15ish years of gliding I have seen 3 LOW level real cable breaks, had the displeasure of experiencing a high level real cable break, and have seen (from the ground ) 2 tost premature releases below 200ft within a week of each other. If people say aerotow cable breaks or launch failures of any kind will never happen then politly walk away from them as they will influence your thinking and one day possibly help accelerate you death. 8-) Ben -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:aus-soaring- Ben, Although this thread started in a very different place, winch cable breaks (as opposed to aerotow cable breaks), -which I assume you are talking about - are a different kettle of fish entirely - for a start they occur quite routinely. Nevertheless, after 80 odd years the procedures to deal with a winch cable break are well documented, and work well if followed. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Low level aerobatics > What ever happened to landing straight ahead within 30 Deg of the runway > centre line for a cable break simulated or not. > > Teaching students to whip a beast around after they have buggered around > and lost airspeed is fatal in my opinion. > > Ben > > > >>and you cant do that under 1000 feet. > > All bets are off if it is an emergency. You need to do what is safe and > appropriate. > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
