My BoT zooms like crazy, weighs 44 oz. and will thermal out on a rabbit fart.... Our club doesn't posess a winch that will break it. I regularly get an extra 150 feet from my zooms. It's just a woodt on carbon stearoids....;^)...and my Legionair 140 is meaner than that...
It can be done.... Jack Womack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I often see new comers with planes such as Oly II's, > Spirits, Gentle Lady's, > Paragons, etc. using, or trying to use zoom > launches. The zoom launch is not > required or even very efficient for such planes. > Better technique is to tap the > switch to slow down the launch speed thereby using > less line and just let the > plane fly off at the top. Many of these planes are > broken because beginners > haven't been told that their planes require a > different launch than the modern > composite ships. Also, the current winches use very > heavy line and usually > have a retrieving attached. > REMEMBER THIS. When the Bird of Time was designed > and flown those of us that > had winches had SIX VOLT winches. The rest used > hi-starts. Any BOT will break > if launched like a modern ship on a modern winch. > Mike Clancy > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com 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.
