Hi Allen, Two things seem to be apparent to me.One, you don't want to be over the turn around when zooming. You have lost some of your altitude already.Draw an arc from launch to turn around and see where the hi arc really is It's probably 2/3rds of the way to the turnaround. Scondly it sounds like you dove too steep. You don't want to dive straight down for a zoom. Try45 or 50 degrees down for one full second, then go up at 50 or 60 degrees till the plane slows down and then level it out. This takes practice but gets good launches. Thermals, Art
allen2allen2002 wrote: > After reading all the post on Zoom launches I felt very comfortable > (Trouble) in trying to Zoom Launch my new to me 2 meter Image. > > First launch Perfect, Great height no problem. Second launch looked > good,I dive down the line quite aggressively and let up on the winch > and pull up and nothing happens!!! I'm stuck on the line, I try again > and nothing. > I fly circles around the turnaround until I get it on the ground too > find that I have wrapped the line around the nose and almost tore it > off. > ( just cracked on one side ) > > Any lesser glider, and I'm sure the nose would have been torn > completely off. > > After playing back the launch in my mind, I think I did two things > that probably only apply too 2 meter launches. > > 1. 2-meter gliders appear farther away then they are. I probably > started my dive way to soon, I was not even close to being over the > turn around > > 2. 2-meter gliders go up on launch a lot faster that unlimited > gliders, and it is a lot easier to overtake the line if you dive down > it. > > Any impute on how else I probably screwed up would be greatly > appreciated. > > Craig D. Allen LSF 111 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and >"unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
