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Originally Posted by Schroeder
The winch is a American V8 car engine from the mid 50ies and it is mounted on a German WWII truck.
It pulls the glider from 0 to 50 m.p.h. in about 2.5 sec.  (well I didn't use a stop watch this is rather a gut feeling but you are in no time at take off speed) |
That looks exacly like how we launch RC gliders. Only we use a starting motor from a V8 :rotfl:
Im curious what is the average altitude at release? Do you have find some lift SOON or else start planning your approach soon?