Mike, I¹m the ³people² here, but I¹m just following the sage advice of those who have gone before us. Chuck¹s testament:
"After a few years, we began receiving complaints about not being able to zoom so in order to satisfy those who came to zoom instead of thermal, we added a bypass switch. If the contestant chose to bypass the tension limiter, NO RELAUNCHES were permitted for broken tow lines. A few people had trouble taping the peddle while the tension limiter was cycling. These fliers could usually get better launches by putting the metal to the metal and letting the tension limiter do the tapping. Fliers with Oly II's and similar models didn't notice any difference from normal winches. We finally got tired of listening to complaints about not being able to get good zooms so discontinued using the tension limiter and went to heavier towlines. The original tension limiter base is still rusting in the weeds behind my shed in the woods behind my house." I¹m going to launch and adjust to whatever set up the good people running the Southwest come up with. The last thing I want to do is make any decision harder for them. The problem last year was line breaks, and they had lots of new line. We¹ve been finding that the Memphis Twine batches recently have had thin spots. Once these are cut out you get some long runs. The guys are going to elevate the turnaround and winch, which should make things more powerful, and less susceptible to nicks from the ground. I¹m sure they will come up with a balanced solution. My point is if the winches become too soft there will undoubtedly be some grumblings, just like there are if there are too many line breaks. It¹s tough hosting a contest! I think the idea of flying off F3B winches is great but there are several issues that come up: 1. Retriever set up for a large contest? 2. Inventory of average club 3. Cost of mono; having different diameter for different wind conditions The plus side is that it is a regulated amount of torque and airplane designers can use that for design parameters. And it¹s International. JE -- Erickson Architects John R. Erickson, AIA RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
