I've always heard that it's not good to stall your winch motor, that
it's hard on the motor.
Is this going to happen even more so if you detune the winches ?
Just curious, and wondering if that would be a new issue for you guys to
have
to deal with then.
Dave Hauch
www.rc-builds.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Usher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Soaring Exchange" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Launching Sanity
That resistor rod is a really good idea -- simple, effective and robust.
A lot of the discussion about launching has been the effect on the line
but that's the least of our problems. We've put stronger line on our
winches -- we're at 270lb test at the moment -- but all that's done for us
is that the motors and other mechanical components are now breaking up.
This is starting to get expensive, and for what? So a handful of people
can launch planes a little higher than they might otherwise be able to do,
planes that are supposed to be high performance sailplanes that have a low
enough sink rate that they should be able to cruise around for many
minutes while their owners look for lift. (They should maybe try flying a
plane that's a little more challenging -- 2 meter or an Easy Glider,
something that demands you get everything right or you're on the ground.
Those big moldies are way too easy to fly.)
Martin Usher
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